Phrase guide

cellar door

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː/
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  • General-American: /ˌsɛləɹ ˈdɔɹ/
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  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A door leading to a cellar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, metonymically

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: врата на мазе (vrata na maze) — door leading to a cellar
  • Bulgarian: избена врата (izbena vrata) — door leading to a cellar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地窖門 /地窖门 (dìjiàomén) — door leading to a cellar
  • Dutch: kelderdeur — door leading to a cellar
  • Finnish: kellarin ovi — door leading to a cellar
  • Georgian: მარნისკარი (marnisḳari) — door leading to a cellar
  • German: Kellertür — door leading to a cellar
  • Lithuanian: rūsio durys — door leading to a cellar
  • Lithuanian: durys į rūsį — door leading to a cellar
  • Polish: drzwi piwniczne — door leading to a cellar
  • Portuguese: porta da adega — door leading to a cellar
  • Romanian: ușă de pivniță — door leading to a cellar
  • Russian: дверь в подва́л (dverʹ v podvál) — door leading to a cellar
  • Spanish: puerta del sótano — door leading to a cellar
  • Swedish: källardörr — door leading to a cellar
  • Vietnamese: cửa tầng hầm — door leading to a cellar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 品酒室 (pǐnjiǔshì) — part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased
  • Finnish: myymälä — part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased
  • French: cave — part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased