cyclone cellar

noun

1. a cellar or other underground place for shelter from cyclones and tornadoes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclone cellar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

"Do the people out in this section of the State all have cyclone cellars?"

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I had heard of Kansas cyclones, had been shown a "cyclone cellar," and only the day before had taken dinner in a house of which one end had been blown clean off by a cyclone.

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I am successful in keeping apples for family use in bulk in a cyclone cellar dug in the red rock.

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It is a good form for a dugout for a root house or cyclone cellar.

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With a leap they reached the cyclone cellar.

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