cellar
/ˈselə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɛlɚ] /ˈselər/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɛlɚ] /ˈse-lər/ (ame, mw)
cellar — noun
- cellarsingular
- cellarsplural
1. a below-ground room in a house or other building where food, tools, or supplies
a below-ground room in a house or other building where food, tools, or supplies are kept.
Christopher carried the extra chairs down to the damp stone cellar.
go down to the cellar
Tariro found three jars of peach jam on the cellar shelf.
cellar + shelf for stored items
After the storm, Eli checked whether rainwater had reached the cellar stairs.
The bakery keeps flour and spare trays in a cool cellar.
文法句型
go down to the cellar
keep something in the cellar
用法筆記
This sense usually refers to a practical storage room below a house or shop, not a finished room for daily living. In North American English, basement is broader and can include work or living space.
2. a cool underground room for keeping wine, or the bottles someone keeps in that s
a cool underground room for keeping wine, or the bottles someone keeps in that space.
Joaquín showed the guests a narrow cellar filled with dusty bottles.
cellar for storing wine
Romi built a small cellar beneath the restaurant for bottles from its wine list.
The family cellar held bottles saved for weddings and New Year dinners.
Devika labeled each shelf in the cellar by region and year.
- wine cellar
more explicit phrase when the room is only for wine
- wine collection
fits only when cellar means the bottles, not the room
文法句型
a cellar full of wine
keep bottles in the cellar
用法筆記
This sense is used in wine contexts. It can name the room itself or, by extension, the bottles that someone keeps there.
cellar — verb
- cellarpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cellars3rd person singular
- cellaring-ing form
- cellaredpast simple
1. to place wine, cheese, or a similar product in a cellar so it can be kept or age
to place wine, cheese, or a similar product in a cellar so it can be kept or aged there.
Dario cellared the new cheese wheels until the holiday market opened.
cellar + object
The winemaker cellared last autumn's bottles in a cave below the house.
Aaron plans to cellar half the batch for another five years.
The shop owner cellared the blue cheese to deepen its flavour.
文法句型
cellar + wine/cheese
cellar + object + for + time
用法筆記
The object is usually wine, cheese, or another product that benefits from slow storage. This sense focuses on the act of putting the item away.
2. to stay in cellar conditions and mature over time.
to stay in cellar conditions and mature over time.
This Riesling will cellar well if you keep it cool and still.
cellar well
The soft cheese cellared for six months before the tasting.
cellar + for + period of time
Not every red wine cellars well after a long sea voyage.
The dessert wine cellared in oak barrels through the winter.
文法句型
wine/cheese + cellar + adverb
cellar + for + period of time
用法筆記
The subject is the wine, cheese, or other product being stored, not the person storing it. Distinguish from verb/1, where someone actively puts the item into the cellar.