storm cellar

noun

1. a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of storm cellar¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Suddenly the roar of the storm lessened and Doctor Stevens cautiously opened the door of the storm cellar.

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Winds are indeed common, but the village is safely out of the track of the Kansas cyclones, and the storm cellar is unknown.

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Had we been in Kansas and seen such elemental disturbances, we should have hunted the storm-cellar.

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Instantly she recognized it as an old fashioned storm cellar.

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The house had been unroofed but the family had taken refuge in the storm cellar.

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