subcellar

[ suhb-sel-er ]

noun

1. a cellar below the main cellar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subcellar¹

First recorded in 1850–55; sub- + cellar

Example Sentences

A 3,732-square-foot retail condominium — 1,883 square feet on the ground floor and 1,849 square feet in the subcellar — is available in this five-story condominium loft, an 1866 cast-iron building in the TriBeCa South Historic District.

From New York Times

The authorities ordered people living in eight illegal apartments in a subcellar at 750 Grand Concourse, one of the buildings where the infections occurred, to vacate the premises, and they have stepped up efforts to combat the rat population through extermination and better garbage management.

From New York Times

The bassoonist Thomas Sefcovic played it with juicy, full-bodied tone even in the subcellar bottom notes, which conjured a songbird of nightmarish proportions.

From New York Times

Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock.

From Literature

She knew how many steps there were between the temple and the cellar, between die cellar and the subcellar, she had even counted the steps on the cramped winding stair that spiraled up into the garret and the rungs on the steep wooden ladder that ascended to the rooftop door and the windy perch outside.

From Literature