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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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