OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31250

cellar

/ˈsɛlə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
furnia • sibil • sótano
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
bodega • cava • furnia
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.
cola • sótano
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.
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