cellars
Wine aging rooms
Cellars is the plural of cellar, an underground room used for storage—typically of wine, food, or other goods that benefit from cool temperatures.
A wine cellar holds bottles for aging; a root cellar stores vegetables through winter.
To cellar wine is to store it for future drinking.
The estate's cellars held vintages dating back decades.
Subterranean building level
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- excavationAct of unearthing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
stairs · trapdoor · damp · musty · cobwebs · earthen floor · vaulted · arched
Underground cemetery passages
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
castle · monastery · speakeasy · prohibition · smuggling · secret passage · ancient · archaeological
Horizontal storage platforms
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
- root vegetablesEdible underground plant parts
canning · jarring · stockpile · bins · crates · potatoes · onions · apples
Grape-growing estate
- vintageQuality from past eras
- sommelierTrained wine service professional
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
decanting · tasting · corkscrew · terroir · oenophile · tannins · bouquet · cabernet
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- refugePlace of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- hideoutSecret place of refuge
safe room · wartime · bomb shelter · emergency · protection · survival · provisions · reinforced
basement
Subterranean building level
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- excavationAct of unearthing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
stone walls · stairs · trapdoor · damp · musty · cobwebs · earthen floor · vaulted · arched · descent
catacombs
Underground cemetery passages
medieval · castle · monastery · speakeasy · prohibition · smuggling · secret passage · ancient · archaeological · ruins
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
root vegetables · canning · jarring · stockpile · bins · crates · potatoes · onions · apples · inventory
vineyard
Grape-growing estate
- vintageQuality from past eras
- sommelierTrained wine service professional
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
fermentation · decanting · tasting · corkscrew · terroir · oenophile · tannins · bouquet · cabernet · merlot
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
hideout · safe room · wartime · bomb shelter · emergency · protection · survival · provisions · reinforced · secure
- Slavery EscapeUnderground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, runaways, fugitives
- Diocletian's PalaceGolden Gate, vestibule
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
- wine culturewinery, vintage, grape, grapes, vine
- winemakingwinery, winemaking, crushing, grapevines, grape vines
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
cellarsattics
Top-floor storage spaces
garrets · lofts · upper floors · penthouses · cupolas
- wine cellarUnderground room for bottles
- storm cellarsUnderground severe weather refuges
- cellar doorBasement entrance covering
- root cellarUnderground food storage chamber
- salt cellarTabletop condiment holder
- cellar dwellersChronic last-place finishers
cellar, cellared, storm cellar, root cellar, cellaring, wine cellar, salt cellar