cellar
Word family nouncellaragecellarercellaretcellarcellarmanadjectivecellarous
cel·lar /ˈselə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → seller1 TBBa room under a house or other building, often used for storing things 地窖,地下贮藏室 SYN basement 2. DFDa store of wine belonging to a person, restaurant etc 〔私人或餐馆的〕酒窖 → salt cellar cellar• Finally, he had to hide her in a cellar.• His brother Gawain ignored him, gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing.• He announces that there are invisible demons in the cellar, and that they claim that the house is legally theirs.• Down in the cellar Broadman looked up, muttered to himself, and carried on with his work.• I'd like them shown into the cellar, please.• She'd lain for two days on the cellar floor.• There were three loud knocks on the cellar door.• Have everything brought in and taken down to the cellar. Origin cellar (1200-1300) Anglo-French celer, from
Latin cellarium “storeroom”, from
cella;
→ CELL