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cellar

noun
/ˈsɛlə/UK/ˈsɛləɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.

  1. derived from cella
  2. derived from cellārium
  3. derived from celier
  4. derived from celer
  5. inherited from celer

Definitions

  1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

    • The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.

  2. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

    • The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.

  3. Last place in a league or competition

    Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

    • The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A basement.

      • Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

    2. To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.

    3. salt cellar

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cellar. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cellar. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at cellar

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA