Meaning

2 senses
  1. A door leading to a cellar.

    Kellertür

    дверь в подва́лdverʹ v podvál

  2. (broadly, metonymically)The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Suddenly, the cellar door slammed shut.

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  2. Tobias didn't know about that cellar door.

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  3. Ziri followed the screams to the cellar door.

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  4. The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound.

    deDie Kellertür flog mit einem Krachen auf.

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  5. What about the tall grass you left over by the cellar door?

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
door leading to a cellar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
door leading to a cellar:

Origin

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

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Forms

plural: cellar doors

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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