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root cellar

noun

a cellar, partially or wholly underground and usually covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored.

First recorded in 1815–25

One cook got lost between the flour bin and the root cellar and nearly starved to death before he was found.

Mun stored both in the root cellar, that was closed by a latch.

It was from Polo, who had been left to guard the door of the root cellar.

A little natural obstacle doesn't send me shivering to the nearest root cellar.

Connie found Mike Gillum busily stowing potatoes in an underground root cellar.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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