cellar
cellar — noun
1. a room built partly or completely below ground level, under a house or other bui
a room built partly or completely below ground level, under a house or other building, where people keep items such as old furniture, tools, or food supplies
Old boxes of tools and jars of jam filled every shelf in the cellar.
countable noun with prepositional phrase describing contents
The Watanabe family stored winter vegetables in their cellar to keep them fresh.
use + location: stored [something] in [their] cellar
A damp smell rose from the old cellar whenever it rained heavily.
Beatriz went down the steps into the dark cellar to fetch a light bulb.
Many older houses here have a cellar that runs the full length of the building.
- attic
the highest room in a building, just below the roof
用法筆記
Countable. A cellar is typically smaller and older than a basement, and was often built for food storage rather than as living space. In US English 'basement' is more common for any underground floor of a house.
常見錯誤
2. a special underground or temperature-controlled room where bottles of wine are k
a special underground or temperature-controlled room where bottles of wine are kept for aging and serving; also the collection of wines kept in such a room — for example, a restaurant with a fine cellar of French reds and whites
The restaurant's cellar holds over two thousand bottles of wine.
possessive: [person/institution]'s cellar
Ravi bought a small wine cellar for his apartment to keep his favourite vintages cool.
countable: a [size/shape] wine cellar
Leila knows the shop's entire cellar — she recommends a bottle for every meal.
The Kaneshiro family keeps a small cellar under the kitchen stairs for special occasions.
- wine cellar
a more specific term for a cellar used just for wine, or a temperature-controlled wine cabinet
- wine rack
a simple stand or rack that holds bottles at room temperature; not a climate-controlled space
用法筆記
When used as an uncountable noun ('a good cellar', 'a fine cellar'), it refers to the collection or stock of wines a person or business owns, not the physical room. As a countable noun, it can mean either the physical storage space or a specially designed wine cabinet for home use.