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Synonyms for cellar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sel-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛl ər

Définition of cellar

Origin :
  • early 13c., "store room," from Anglo-French celer, Old French celier "cellar, underground passage" (12c., Modern French cellier), from Latin cellarium "pantry, storeroom," literally "group of cells;" which is either directly from cella (see cell), or from noun use of neuter of adjective cellarius "pertaining to a storeroom," from cella. The sense in late Middle English gradually shifted to "underground room." Cellar door attested by 1640s.
  • noun underground story of building
Example sentences :
  • Some of your money is hidden away in the cellar, I'm thinking.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Don't you think I might find some stored away in the cellar, for instance?
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He says he sat on the cellar steps most of the time and thought of the happy past.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • But the mother was with the little body lying alone in the cellar.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She went and came only through the cellar, and knew no other entrance.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • When they reached the cellar, she took the candle and went to look at the door.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It's some sort of a cellar—p'r'aps at the bottom of a church.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • By this time they had contrived to make the cellar a little more comfortable.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • You don't think I would leave my own flesh and blood in the cellar!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • How should a cellar in which foods is to be stored be built and cared for?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Antonyms for cellar

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