root cellar

noun

1. a cellar, partially or wholly underground and usually covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored.

Word History and Origins

Origin of root cellar¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

One cook got lost between the flour bin and the root cellar and nearly starved to death before he was found.

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Mun stored both in the root cellar, that was closed by a latch.

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It was from Polo, who had been left to guard the door of the root cellar.

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A little natural obstacle doesn't send me shivering to the nearest root cellar.

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Connie found Mike Gillum busily stowing potatoes in an underground root cellar.

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