cellar

4 definitions found

cellar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cellar \Cel"lar\, n. [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L.
     cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom.
     See Cell.]
     A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the
     surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are
     kept.
     [1913 Webster]

cellar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cellar
      n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below
           ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement,
           cellar]
      2: an excavation where root vegetables are stored [syn: root   cellar
         , cellar]
      3: storage space where wines are stored [syn: cellar, wine   cellar
         ]

cellar - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Cellar
  a subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse. The word is
  also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51)
  and of the king (14:26). The Hebrew word is rendered "garner" in
  Joel 1:17, and "armoury" in Jer. 50:25.

cellar - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "cellar":
     archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin,
     bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock,
     cellarage, chest, closet, coal bin, conservatory, crate, crib,
     cupboard, cyclone cellar, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump,
     exchequer, glory hole, godown, hold, hole, hutch, library, locker,
     lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, potato cellar, rack,
     repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, shelf, stack, stack room,
     stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, storm cellar,
     subbasement, supply base, supply depot, tank, treasure house,
     treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar