storm cellar
noun
a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
Origin of storm cellar
1First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use storm cellar in a sentence
Suddenly the roar of the storm lessened and Doctor Stevens cautiously opened the door of the storm cellar.
Helen in the Editor's Chair | Ruthe S. WheelerWinds are indeed common, but the village is safely out of the track of the Kansas cyclones, and the storm cellar is unknown.
The Goat-gland Transplantation | Sydney B. FlowerHad we been in Kansas and seen such elemental disturbances, we should have hunted the storm-cellar.
Through the South Seas with Jack London | Martin JohnsonInstantly she recognized it as an old fashioned storm cellar.
The Secret Pact | Mildred A. WirtThe house had been unroofed but the family had taken refuge in the storm cellar.
Helen in the Editor's Chair | Ruthe S. Wheeler
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