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cellars

[sel-er] Origin

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.
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.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English celer < Anglo-French < Latin cellārium storeroom, equivalent to cell(a) cell1 + -ārium -ary; later respelling to reflect Latin form; see -er2, -ar2

cel·lar·less, adjective
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cellar
early 13c., from O.Fr. celer, from L. cellarium "pantry, storeroom," lit. "group of cells," from L. cella (see cell).
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