Cellar

English

Alternative forms

• seller (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier ( > modern cellier), from Latin cellārium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛlə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(r)

Noun

Cellar (plural Cellars)

1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building; used for storage or shelter.
2. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
3. (slang) Last place in a competition.
4. (historical) A small dish for holding salt.

Derived terms

• cellarage
• cellarer
• cyclone cellar
• root cellar
• salt cellar
• storm cellar
• wine cellar

Translations

underground space

Albanian: qilar m. Bosnian: podrum (bs) m. Bulgarian: мазе (bg) n., изба (bg) f. Czech: sklep (cs) m. Esperanto: kelo (eo) Finnish: kellari (fi) French: cellier (fr) m., cave (fr) f. German: Keller (de)

Hebrew: מרתף (he) m. Kashubian: sklep m. Polish: piwnica (pl) f. Portuguese: porão (pt) m. Romanian: pivniță f., beci n. Slovak: pivnica (sk) f. Spanish: sótano (es) m. Turkish: mahzen (tr)

wine collection

Albanian: qilar m. Bosnian: vinarija (bs) f. Bulgarian: винарска изба (bg) f.

Finnish: viinikellari (fi) Portuguese: adega (pt) f. Romanian: pivniță f., beci n. Spanish: bodega (es) f.

slang: last place in competition

Finnish: jumbosija (fi)

Verb

Cellar (third-person singular simple present Cellars, present participle Cellaring, simple past and past participle Cellared)

1. (transitive) To store in a cellar.
   • 2008 Lucy Burningham Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait

   Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.

Anagrams

• caller
• recall