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cel⋅lar

[sel-er]
–noun
1. a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
2. an underground room or story.
3. wine cellar.
4. Sports. the lowest position in a group ranked in order of games won: The team was in the cellar for most of the season.
–verb (used with object)
5. to place or store in a cellar.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME celer < AF < L cellārium storeroom, equiv. to cell(a) cell 1 + -ārium -ary; later resp. to reflect L form; see -er 2 , -ar 2


cel⋅lar⋅less, adjective
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cel·lar   (sěl'ər)   
n.  
  1. A room or enclosed space used for storage, usually beneath the ground or under a building.

  2. A basement.

  3. An underground shelter, as from storms.

  4. A wine cellar.

  5. Slang The last place or lowest level, especially in competitive standings: The team came from the cellar to win the pennant.

tr.v.   cel·lared, cel·lar·ing, cel·lars
To store in a cellar.

[Middle English celer, from Old French, from Late Latin cellārium, pantry, from Latin cella, storeroom; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

cellar 
c.1225, from O.Fr. celer, from L. cellarium "pantry, storeroom," lit. "group of cells," from L. cella (see cell).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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