Category:Cellar

Cel"lar, n. Etym: [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell.]

Defn: A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. - ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Cellar - A subterranean vault (1 Chronicles 27:28), a storehouse. The word is also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51) and of the king (1 Kings 14:26). The Hebrew word is rendered "garner" in Joel 1:17, and "armory" in Jeremiah 50:25.