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cellarA room below ground level in a house, used for storage

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A room below ground level in a house, used for storage

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈselər/

Korean meaning: 지하실, 지하 저장고

Korean pronunciation: **셀**러

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's cellar was like a treasure cave filled with pickled vegetables and homemade jam.
  • He spent three hours in the cellar looking for his old comic books and emerged covered in dust like a zombie.
  • The restaurant's cellar houses over 500 bottles of wine from around the world.

cellar

NOUN

//ˈselər//

A room below ground level in a house, used for storage

cellar concept
💡 Concept

Underground storage room in house

cellar rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

In the cellar, the teller advises the seller!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈselər/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈselə(r)/

🌳Etymology

Rootcell
Suffix--ar

Origin

라틴어 'cellarium'에서 유래되었으며, 원래는 '식료품 저장소'를 의미했습니다. 중세 시대 수도원에서 식료품과 와인을 보관하던 지하 공간에서 현재의 의미로 발전했습니다.

🎵Rhyme

sellertellerdweller
seller
teller
dweller

🔗Collocations

wine cellar
storm cellar
cellar door
basement cellar
root cellar
coal cellar

📝Examples

My grandmother's cellar was like a treasure cave filled with pickled vegetables and homemade jam.

😄 Fun example

He spent three hours in the cellar looking for his old comic books and emerged covered in dust like a zombie.

The restaurant's cellar houses over 500 bottles of wine from around the world.

😄 Fun example

During the tornado warning, the whole family rushed to the cellar with their cat, three dogs, and a very confused parrot.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

basementvaultstorage roomunderground room

Antonyms

atticloftpenthouse

Related

warehousepantrybunkercryptdungeon

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