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root cellar en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, nuts, and other foods; it may be under a house or near one.
   • Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.

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Coordinates

pantry · fruitery · larder

Translations (12)

uk льох (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · fi maakellari (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · de Erdkeller (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · uk пивни́ця (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · de Vorratskeller (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · xal пөөгр (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · fi maakuoppa (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · uk по́гріб (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · sv jordkällare (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · ru погреб (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · gmq-osw jordhkällare (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods) · tr mahzen (structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods)

root cellar en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cellar (food) in a root cellar.
   • The growers will root cellar whatever portion of the crop does not sell at harvest time.

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