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   cellar

   /ˈsɛlə/

   noun

   • 1. a room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal: "the servants led us down into a cellar"
   • ▪ a stock of wine: "he spent years building up a remarkable cellar of aged Riojas"

   verb

   • 1. store (wine) in a cellar: "it is drinkable now but can be cellared for at least five years"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the general sense ‘storeroom’): from Old French celier, from late Latin cellarium ‘storehouse’, from Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

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