cellar door

noun
/ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː/UK/ˌsɛləɹ ˈdɔɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

  1. inherited from celer door

Definitions

  1. A door leading to a cellar.

    • The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound, and then he heard the noise much louder, on the floors below; then coming up the stairs; then coming straight towards the door.
  2. The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.

    • The 1996 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc I tasted at the cellar door was a very stylish polished wine with lifted aromatic jasmine and passionfruit aromas leaping out of the glass.
    • I rushed back armed with a bottle of 1976 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rose that I had bought from the cellar door in Reims, ready to celebrate her marriage to George.

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