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storm cellar

noun

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

First recorded in 1900–05

Suddenly the roar of the storm lessened and Doctor Stevens cautiously opened the door of the storm cellar.

Winds are indeed common, but the village is safely out of the track of the Kansas cyclones, and the storm cellar is unknown.

Had we been in Kansas and seen such elemental disturbances, we should have hunted the storm-cellar.

Instantly she recognized it as an old fashioned storm cellar.

The house had been unroofed but the family had taken refuge in the storm cellar.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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