root cellar
nounDefinition of root cellar
: a pit used for the storage especially of root crops
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Creamy new-crop potatoes deserve a little appreciation before they’re sent off to root cellars, and Mr. Hardy built a fine appetizer around them with leggy broccoli sprouts and melting chunks of fresh mozzarella spiked with anchovy. — New York Times, "Legacy Records Looks for History in a Brand New Neighborhood," 19 June 2018 Some of the soups will be made from this winter's root cellar produce, featuring pumpkin and garden vegetable soup. — Courant Community, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 9 Jan. 2018 Previous projects have included work to build greenhouses, canning stations, root cellars, drip irrigation and garden fencing. — Kimberly Albrecht, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Barrington church's mission trips help forge lifelong friendships," 22 Mar. 2018 The milk cellar was similar to a root cellar and was used to keep milk products cool. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "Impressive Views Reward Hikers On Farmington's Mountain Spring Nature Trail," 4 Mar. 2018 And, anyway, wasn’t the predominant issue in the last election the allegedly careless handling of classified material on a private email server down in the root cellars of Chappaqua? — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Remember When Mishandling Classified Info Was the Worst Thing Possible in 2016?," 9 Feb. 2018 The Rasmussens have treated the Cold War-era shelter as their son’s onetime drum studio and a sometime vegetable root cellar. — Erin Grace, The Seattle Times, "Nebraska residents consider what to do in nuclear attack," 27 Jan. 2018 Mighty Mars in your root cellar is a potent charge to take action in the family togetherness department. — Minerva, San Francisco Chronicle, "Minerva’s horoscope for week of Oct. 22," 22 Oct. 2017 Found in the root cellar of a fur trader’s house, the lock appears to have been attached to a small chest or trunk. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Lock Dating to Revolutionary War Period Found at Michigan Fort," 26 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'root cellar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of DictionaryWebster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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