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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cellar \Cel"lar\, n. [OE. celer, OF celier, F. celier, fr L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr cella storeroom. See {Cell}.] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cellar n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: {basement}] 2: a pit where root vegetables are stored [syn: {root cellar}] 3: space where wines are stored [syn: {wine cellar}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Cellar a subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse. The word is also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51) and of the king (14:26). The Hebrew word is rendered garner" in Joel 1:17, and armoury" in Jer. 50:25.
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