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Examples of root cellar in a Sentence
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By the 1980s, Masing had built up enough evidence to show that root cellars and ruins were a significant source of bat habitat.
—Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
At the time, Masing had begun researching another understudied hibernaculum: root cellars.
—Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
From the root cellar, however, no middleman was required.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
The majority were sheltering in an underground root cellar in the back yard of another farmhouse.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Part of the plan is to rent a room from Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall) and utilize her root cellar in their plot.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
Even the bathrooms are luxurious with high ceilings and marbled walls; a fancy wine library peers down into an old root cellar, a beacon of the home’s heritage.
—Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2023
Soon, a new root cellar will be finished.
—The Guardian, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
Growing up near Midway, her home had a root cellar and gardens were plentiful.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near root cellar
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“Root cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20cellar. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
root cellar
noun
: an underground storage area for vegetables and especially those (as carrots) with enlarged roots
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