Cellar

sel′ar, n. any underground room or vault: a cell underground, where stores are kept, esp. wine, .— v.t. to store in a cellar.— ns. Cell′arage , space for cellars: cellars: charge for storing in cellars; Cell′arer , Cell′arist , one who has charge of the cellar: an officer in a monastery who has the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; Cell′aret , an ornamental case for holding bottles; Cell′arm an , one who has the care of a cellar.— adj. Cell′arous ( Dickens ), belonging to a cellar: excavated: sunken. [O. Fr. celier —L. cellarium — cella .]