wine cellarn.
/ˈwʌɪn ˌsɛlə/, U.S. /ˈwaɪn ˌsɛlər/ a. A cellar used for storing wine. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > wine-cellar or store
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pitcher-house1386
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lodge1880
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1371 Close Roll 45 Edw. III m. 4 dorso (P.R.O.) Vnam magnam Cameram vocatam la Whit Chambre cum vno celario sub dicta camera vocata le Wyn celer.
14.. Pallad. on Husb. (Bodl.) lf. 1 Cisterne celar for oyles, wyne celar, and columbary.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 399 All the vittale, outakin salt,..In the vynesellar gert he bryng.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Canabus, a wyne sellar.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11v I wyll shewe you..Pipes, Tonnels,..when you come to the Brewhouse, and Windseller.
1647 T. Calvert Heart-salve To Rdr. 7 The soule..is led into the Winecellar of Gods promises.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 189 The council's wine-cellar is so spacious, that a coach and six may turn about in it.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1303 Wine-cellars ought to be dry at bottom.
b. The wine stored in a wine cellar, esp. with reference to its quality.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > [noun] > stocks of wine
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wine lake1974
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xli. 963 Nothing spreads more rapidly in society than the reputation of a good wine-cellar.
1976 J. Archer Not Penny More viii. 87 James arrived carrying a bottle of Beaune Montée Rouge 1971—even his wine cellar was fast disappearing.
1976 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder (1977) ii. 30 Her cook, her wine cellar and the service at her table were not to be matched.
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