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[ noun ] the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)My great_grandmother , I have been told , made her garden her great pride ; she cherished rare and delicate plants like oleanders in tubs and wall-flowers and lemon verbenas in pots that had to be wintered in the cellar ; she filled the waste spots of the yard with common things like the garden_heliotrope in a corner by the woodshed , and the plantain_lilies along the west_side of the house . (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Much better to break a cellar window '' . `` Well , with a house as big as that there must be at_least one cellar window that would n't be noticed right_away unless there was a police_investigation '' . (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)It gave him a chance to unload the stuff and get it down to the cellar without a barrage of acid comments . He piled everything neatly in a corner of the cellar and turned to stare at the blank stone wall . |
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[ noun ] an excavation where root vegetables are stored
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