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root cellar

noun 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 cellars · root cellaring · 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.

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noun structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods

DeutschErdkeller, Vorratskeller
Русскийпогреб pogreb

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@misc{root_cellar_2026,
  title = {root cellar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/root%20cellar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}