Etymology From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
1
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
2
A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
3
Slang Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
Etymology From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
1
To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.
Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.2008 June 25, Lucy Burningham, “Beer lovers make room for brews worth a wait”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
cellar
noun
Etymology From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).