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4. 2. The act or practice of storing goods in cel lars. NL. cella , a cell, + L. form a , shape.] Of the form of a cell; like a cell in aspect, but not of the morphological nature of a cell. In the layer of protoplasm from which the pseudopodia proceed, cellæform bodies of a bright yellow colour, which have been found to contain starch, are usually developed. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 85. cell-animal (sel'an"i-mal), n. A cell as an individual animal or organism; an animal that is a single cell, or a number of cells not histologically differentiated. cellarl (sel'är), n. [Early mod. E. celler , celer , celier , F. cellier = Pr. celier Cat. celler = Pg. celleiro = It. cellicre = D. kelder = OHG. chellari , MHG. kelre , keller , G. keller = Icel. kjallari = Sw. källare = Dan. kjælder , cellarium , a pantry, prop. neut. of cellar i us , pertaining to a cell, cella : see cell , n. In the comp. saltcellar , q. v., -cellar is of different origin.] 1. A room under a house or other building, either wholly or partly under ground, not adapted for habitation, but for the storage of provisions, wine, lumber, fuel, etc. In some of the overcrowded parts of large towns, however, cellars are converted into habitations for people of the poorest cla es. By nyzte sette it in a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 8.