cellar
/ˈsɛləɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two."
- "The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica."
- "The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it."
- "Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɛləɹ/
- British English: /ˈsɛlə/
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb