cellar door

See also: cellar-door

English

Etymology

From Middle English celer door, celer dore.[1][2] By surface analysis, cellar +‎ door.

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Noun

cellar door (plural cellar doors)

  1. A door leading to a cellar.
  2. Part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.

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References

  1. ^ “celē̆r, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “cellar door, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ Barrett, Grant (14 February 2010) “On Language: Cellar Door”, in New York Times Magazine‎[1], page 16
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