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Examples of root cellar in a Sentence
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Store onions in a cool, dark, and dry location such as a pantry, mudroom, garage, basement, or root cellar.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2024
Many growers store garlic bulbs in mesh bags in dry root cellars, but softneck garlic braids look so appealing they’re often displayed in kitchens.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
By the 1980s, Masing had built up enough evidence to show that root cellars and ruins were a significant source of bat habitat.
—Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
At the time, Masing had begun researching another understudied hibernaculum: root cellars.
—Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined above
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“Root cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20cellar. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
root cellar
noun
: an underground storage area for vegetables and especially those (as carrots) with enlarged roots
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