storm cellar
storm cellar · storm cellars
Sturmkeller
A subterranean structure designed to provide protection from severe wind events, such…A subterranean structure designed to provide protection from severe wind events, such as tornadoes.
» Their storm cellar tended to flood, so they never kept anything valuable down there.
Meaning
1 sensesA subterranean structure designed to provide protection from severe wind events, such as tornadoes.
Sturmkeller
More definitions
- an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes
Examples
2 sentencesTheir storm cellar tended to flood, so they never kept anything valuable down there.
Storm cellars are common in parts of the country that see frequent severe weather.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
underground structure:
Forms
plural: storm cellars| Singular | storm cellar |
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| Plural | storm cellars |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes:cyclone cellartornado cellar