Cellar door
/ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.