cellar

cellar

1. an underground room, rooms, or storey of a building, usually used for storage

2. a place where wine is stored

3. a stock of bottled wines

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Cellar

That part of a building, the ceiling of which is entirely below grade; or having half or more of its clear height below grade.

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What does it mean when you dream about a cellar?

A lower level of a building is a natural symbol of the subconscious mind. Going down into the cellar may signify descending into one’s stored (and perhaps repressed) past.

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cellar

[′sel·ər]

(computer science)

push-down storage

(petroleum engineering)

An excavation in the ground for providing additional height between the rig floor and the wellhead to accommodate various well components and provide a place for collecting drainage water and other fluids for subsequent disposal.

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cellar

1. A room (or several rooms, or the entire basement floor) that is partially or entirely below grade; relatively cool in the summer and above freezing in the winter; often used as storage space; provides some thermal insulation airspace between the ground or concrete slab and the flooring of the wood floor above.

2. That part of a building having at least half of its clear height below grade. Also see earth cellar, root cellar, storm cellar, basement.

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