Definitions for Cellar
ˈsɛl ərcel·lar

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. basement, cellarnoun

   the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

2. root cellar, cellarnoun

   an excavation where root vegetables are stored

3. cellar, wine cellarnoun

   storage space where wines are stored

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cellarnoun

   A place under ground, where stores are reposited.

   Etymology: cella, Lat.

   If this fellow had lived in the time of Cato, he would, for his punishment, have been confined to the bottom of a cellar during his life. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cellar

   A cellar is a room or space located below ground level, often used for storing wine, food, or other items. It can also be used as a living or working space. It is typically found in houses or buildings.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Cellarnoun

   a room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept

2. Etymology: [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cellar

   sel′ar, n. any underground room or vault: a cell underground, where stores are kept, esp. wine, &c.—v.t. to store in a cellar.—ns. Cell′arage, space for cellars: cellars: charge for storing in cellars; Cell′arer, Cell′arist, one who has charge of the cellar: an officer in a monastery who has the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; Cell′aret, an ornamental case for holding bottles; Cell′arman, one who has the care of a cellar.—adj. Cell′arous (Dickens), belonging to a cellar: excavated: sunken. [O. Fr. celier—L. cellarium—cella.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CELLAR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cellar is ranked #105079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cellar surname appeared 170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cellar.
   
   95.8% or 163 total occurrences were White.
   2.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Excavation
   • Floor
   • Storage Space

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Anagrams for Cellar »

1. caller

2. recall

How to pronounce Cellar?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Cellar in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cellar in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cellar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Cellar in a Sentence

1. Survivor Jennifer Brown Hyde:

   We joke and say that's actually my wine cellar – that's how my husband gets me to go in it, i remember thinking, ‘I'm gonna die in here,’.

2. Arthur Miller:

   Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

3. William Congreve, Love for Love (1695):

   I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

4. Gary Machens:

   It’s unique, there are a few tunnels around the Alton area since we checked with theLandmark Historic Society, it’s been used as an icehouse or root cellar or a lot of other options. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Some people have also theorized that the tunnel may have played an important part in the nation’s history.

5. Van Wyck Brooks:

   As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cellar
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cellar
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cellar
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cellar
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Cellar