Meaning

5 senses
  1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

    The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.

    Keller

    подва́лpodvál, по́гребpógreb

    льохlʹox, підва́лpidvál, по́грібpóhrib

    storage space where wines are stored

  2. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

    The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.

    ви́нный по́гребvínnyj pógreb

    ви́нницяvýnnycja

  3. (slang)Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

    The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.

  4. (Northeastern, UK, US)A basement.

    Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

  5. Salt cellar

Examples

129 sentences
  1. Go down to the cellar and get some wine.

    Злазь у погріб по вино.

    ruСпустись в погреб за вином.

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  2. Did you look in the cellar?

    deHast du im Keller geguckt?

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  3. The cellar is ugly, dark, and stinky.

    ruПодвал некрасивый, тёмный и вонючий.

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  4. We don't use our coal cellar anymore.

    ruМы больше не используем наш погреб для угля.

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  5. Tom's parents locked him in the cellar.

    ruРодители Тома закрыли его в погребе.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
underground space:
wine collection:
Русский
By meaning 2
underground space:
wine collection:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
underground space:

Origin

From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern celli

From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.

From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).

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Forms

plural: cellars
Singularcellar
Pluralcellars

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • storage space where wines are stored:wine cellar
  • the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage:basement
  • an excavation where root vegetables are stored:root cellar

Word family

28 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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