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But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic.
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Meaning of "cellar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CELLAR

From Anglo-French, from Latin cellārium food store, from cellacella.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CELLAR

cellar  [ˈsɛlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELLAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cellar is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cellar in English.

WHAT DOES CELLAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cellar in the English dictionary

The first definition of cellar in the dictionary is a place where wine is stored. Other definition of cellar is a stock of bottled wines. Cellar is also to store in a cellar.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CELLAR

PRESENT

Present
I cellar
you cellar
he/she/it cellars
we cellar
you cellar
they cellar
Present continuous
I am cellaring
you are cellaring
he/she/it is cellaring
we are cellaring
you are cellaring
they are cellaring
Present perfect
I have cellared
you have cellared
he/she/it has cellared
we have cellared
you have cellared
they have cellared
Present perfect continuous
I have been cellaring
you have been cellaring
he/she/it has been cellaring
we have been cellaring
you have been cellaring
they have been cellaring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cellared
you cellared
he/she/it cellared
we cellared
you cellared
they cellared
Past continuous
I was cellaring
you were cellaring
he/she/it was cellaring
we were cellaring
you were cellaring
they were cellaring
Past perfect
I had cellared
you had cellared
he/she/it had cellared
we had cellared
you had cellared
they had cellared
Past perfect continuous
I had been cellaring
you had been cellaring
he/she/it had been cellaring
we had been cellaring
you had been cellaring
they had been cellaring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cellar
you will cellar
he/she/it will cellar
we will cellar
you will cellar
they will cellar
Future continuous
I will be cellaring
you will be cellaring
he/she/it will be cellaring
we will be cellaring
you will be cellaring
they will be cellaring
Future perfect
I will have cellared
you will have cellared
he/she/it will have cellared
we will have cellared
you will have cellared
they will have cellared
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cellaring
you will have been cellaring
he/she/it will have been cellaring
we will have been cellaring
you will have been cellaring
they will have been cellaring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cellar
you would cellar
he/she/it would cellar
we would cellar
you would cellar
they would cellar
Conditional continuous
I would be cellaring
you would be cellaring
he/she/it would be cellaring
we would be cellaring
you would be cellaring
they would be cellaring
Conditional perfect
I would have cellar
you would have cellar
he/she/it would have cellar
we would have cellar
you would have cellar
they would have cellar
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cellaring
you would have been cellaring
he/she/it would have been cellaring
we would have been cellaring
you would have been cellaring
they would have been cellaring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cellar
we let´s cellar
you cellar
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cellar
Past participle
cellared
Present Participle
cellaring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELLAR


bestseller
ˌbɛstˈsɛlə
bonsela
bɒnˈsɛlə
bookseller
ˈbʊksɛlə
brucella
bruːˈsɛlə
cella
ˈsɛlə
marcella
mɑːˈsɛlə
micella
mɪˈsɛlə
micellar
mɪˈsɛlə
micelle
mɪˈsɛlə
mycella
maɪˈsɛlə
nucellar
njuːˈsɛlə
pasela
pəˈsɛlə
saltcellar
ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə
seller
ˈsɛlə
subcellar
ˈsʌbˌsɛlə
superseller
ˈsuːpərˌsɛlə
teaseller
ˈtiːˌsɛlə
varicella
ˌværɪˈsɛlə
varicellar
ˌværɪˈsɛlə
vorticella
ˌvɔːtɪˈsɛlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELLAR

cell culture
cell cycle
cell division
cell line
cell lineage
cell membrane
cell phone
cell wall
cell-like
cella
cellae
cellar dwellers
cellarage
cellarer
cellaret
cellarette
cellarman
cellarous
cellarway
cellblock

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELLAR

cerebellar
circumstellar
coal cellar
columellar
cyclone cellar
dollar
flagellar
glabellar
interstellar
lamellar
Mackellar
ocellar
patellar
prepatellar
salt cellar
scutellar
stellar
storm cellar
substellar
umbellar
wine cellar

Synonyms and antonyms of cellar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cellar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELLAR

Find out the translation of cellar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cellar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cellar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地窖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sótano
570 millions of speakers

English

cellar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तहखाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَبْو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

погреб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভুগর্ভস্থ ভাণ্ডার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilik bawah tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Keller
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地下室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지하실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cellar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hầm chứa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாதாள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळघर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kiler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cantina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piwnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

льох
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pivniță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κελάρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kelder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

källare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjeller
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cellar

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELLAR»

The term «cellar» is very widely used and occupies the 17.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cellar
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELLAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cellar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cellar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cellar

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CELLAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cellar.
1
Sam Abell
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
2
Sherman Alexie
But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic.
3
Lizzie Andrew Borden
I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.
4
Lizzie Andrew Borden
When I first came down stairs, for two or three minutes I went down cellar to the water closet.
5
Warren Farrell
We always look at the 'Fortune 500,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards.
6
Robert A. Heinlein
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
7
Agnes Macphail
Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.
8
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
I like white wine when it's young and vigorous. I don't think you should cellar white wine at all, unless it's white Burgundy, and definitely not nonvintage Champagne.
9
Jacques Pepin
When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar.
10
Jacques Pepin
When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELLAR»

Discover the use of cellar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cellar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Secrets in the Cellar
John Glatt's Secrets in the Cellar is the true story of a crime that shocked the world. A LOVING FATHER Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria.
John Glatt, 2009
2
Notes on a Cellar-Book
Thomas Pinney brings this unique work alive for contemporary audiences by providing the keys to a full understanding of "Notes on a Cellar-Book "in a new edition that includes explanatory endnotes, an essay on the book's legacy, and ...
George Saintsbury, Thomas Pinney, 2008
3
Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar
From the electronics workshop of Steve Ciarcia comes another group of build-it-yourself electronics projects.
Steve Ciarcia, 1990
4
The Root Cellar
It looked like an ordinary root cellar—And if twelve-year-old Rose hadn't been so unhappy in her new home, where she'd been sent to live with unknown relatives, she probably would never have fled down the stairs to the root cellar in the ...
Lunn, Janet Lunn, 2001
5
The Cellar
But the worst part is beneath the haunted structure. Don't even think about going into the cellar.
Richard Laymon, 2012
6
The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Peter Popham, 1983
7
The Complete Root Cellar Book: Building Plans, Uses and 100 ...
Nature's way of storing fruits, vegetables and preserves.
Steve Maxwell, Jennifer MacKenzie, 2010
8
Cellar of Horror
This is not a story for the faint-hearted. Cellar of Horror is a shocking true account of the self-proclaimed minister with a long history of mental illness, who preyed upon the susceptible in a bizarre plan to create his own "baby factory.
Ken Englade, 2013
9
The Home Wine Cellar
Perhaps most important, this book addresses all the thorny challenges of temperature and humidity control—just where most home wine cellars fail.
Perry Sims, 2004
10
How and Why to Build a Wine Cellar
The book begins with how-to-plan for optimum humidity and temperature with a discussion of the best positioning (key to a passive system) and insulation.
Richard M. Gold, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELLAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cellar is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Kaikoura Winery to become Cellar View restaurant and cafe
There is also an underground wine cellar, which can be used for special events, Karen says. "Pam had been in the icecream parlour all of last ... «Marlborough Express, Jul 15»
2
Gurkha Cellar Reserve Platinum Edition Announced
Now in its fourth year, Gurkha's popular Cellar Reserve is drawing upon Nicaraguan tobaccos for its newest release. The Gurkha Cellar ... «halfwheel.com, Jul 15»
3
Diva: Cellar Door brings educational talk to downtown
Roughly 100 educators and community members filled the Cellar Door on Thursday night to see a TED Talk video about the teenage brain. «Visalia Times-Delta, Jul 15»
4
Cory Weeds – Condition Blue – The Music Of Jackie McLean …
Cory Weeds – Condition Blue – The Music Of Jackie McLean – Cellar Live. Acknowledging a saxophonist who had an exploratory vision. «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
5
WWII Tank Was Stashed in 78-Year-Old's Cellar
(Newser) – It took 20 soldiers almost nine hours to remove a World War II "Panther" tank from a pensioner's cellar in a wealthy community in ... «Newser, Jul 15»
6
Mansion Monday: $1.4 million Hampstead home features walk-in …
Mansion Monday: $1.4 million Hampstead home features walk-in wine cellar. Home has dock access to water. Published 7:51 AM EDT Jul 06, ... «WMUR Manchester, Jul 15»
7
Sonoma Cellar Will Introduce Alexandria to Wine Tasting, California …
But that's what they're doing with Sonoma Cellar, a tasting room and restaurant soon to open in Old Town Alexandria. The goal: to recreate the ... «Eater, Jul 15»
8
Cellar Door in Katy to host Sangria Throwdown
Put your your beverage to the test. The Cellar Door is hosting its third annual Sangria Throwdown 6-10 p.m. Monday, July 13. There will be ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
Jury sworn in for cellar body murder trial
A jury has been sworn in to try a man accused of murdering a father from Birmingham who went missing two days before Christmas. «ITV News, Jul 15»
10
NRL: Manly climb from cellar-dweller status with key win over Sharks
Dale Cherry Evans played an important role for the Sea Eagles just days after being overlooked by State of Origin selectors. Photograph: Paul ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cellar [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cellar>. May 2024 ».
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