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A structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, nuts, and other foods; it may be under a house or near one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cellar (food) in a root cellar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The growers will root cellar whatever portion of the crop does not sell at harvest time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an excavation where root vegetables are stored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cellar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excavation, storage space
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
maakellari
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Finnish:
maakuoppa
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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German:
Erdkeller
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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German:
Vorratskeller
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Kalmyk:
пөөгр
(pöögr)
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Russian:
погреб
(pogreb)
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Swedish:
jordkällare
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Old Swedish:
jordhkällare
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Turkish:
mahzen
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Ukrainian:
льох
(lʹox)
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Ukrainian:
по́гріб
(póhrib)
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
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Ukrainian:
пивни́ця
(pyvnýcja)
— structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods
