Cellar door

//ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A door leading to a cellar.

    "The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound, and then he heard the noise much louder, on the floors below; then coming up the stairs; then coming straight towards the door."

  2. 2
    The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased. broadly, metonymically

    "The 1996 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc I tasted at the cellar door was a very stylish polished wine with lifted aromatic jasmine and passionfruit aromas leaping out of the glass."

Etymology

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

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