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storm cellar

–noun
a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.

Origin:
1900–05

cyclone cellar

–noun
a cellar or other underground place for shelter from cyclones and tornadoes.
Also called storm cellar.


Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
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cyclone cellar  
n.  An underground shelter in or adjacent to a house, used for protection from severe windstorms. Also called storm cellar.
storm cellar  
n.  See cyclone cellar.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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