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語源 1

From 中期英語 celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.

名詞

cellar (plural cellars)

1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

   Hyponym: cellarium

   The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.

2. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

   The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.

3. (slang) Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

   The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.

4. (UK, Northeastern US) A basement.

   Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

別の表記

• seller (obsolete)

派生語

動詞

cellar (third-person singular simple present cellars, present participle cellaring, simple past and past participle cellared)

1. (transitive) To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.

   Hypernyms: store; keep; save; lay by, lay in

   Hyponyms: (of food) root cellar (verb); (of wine bottles) lay down (verb)

   • 2008 June 25, Lucy Burningham, “Beer lovers make room for brews worth a wait”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.

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語源 2

From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).

名詞

cellar (plural cellars)

1. salt cellar

アナグラム

• caller, re-call, recall