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root cellar

root cellar noun: 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.

Noun

root cellar (plural root cellars)

  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.

Verb

root cellar (third-person singular simple present root cellars, present participle root cellaring, simple past and past participle root cellared)

  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.

Forms of root cellar

Noun
pluralroot cellars
Verb
third-person singular presentroot cellars
present participleroot cellaring
past participleroot cellared
pastroot cellared

Questions about root cellar

What does root cellar mean?
Root cellar means 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.
What part of speech is root cellar?
Root cellar can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of root cellar?
The plural of root cellar is root cellars.

Words near root cellar in the dictionary

  1. root caps
  2. root cause
  3. root caused
  4. root causes
  5. root causing
  6. root cellar
  7. root cellared
  8. root cellaring
  9. root cellars
  10. root disease
  11. root diseases

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