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Storm Cellar

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Noun

1. cyclone cellar, storm cellar, tornado cellar

an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Storm Cellar

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noun especially US
1. 
a place excavated or built as a refuge from storms
The Doyle family was one of a few in the neighbourhood to have a storm cellar in their home.
Thousands of people crouched in storm cellars or basements.
2. 
something to use as a means of ducking difficult issues
The Ethics Committee has become a kind of storm cellar to shelter controversies until the fuss has died down.

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Storm Cellar

see synonyms of storm cellar
cyclone cellar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Storm Cellar

see synonyms of storm cellar
n.
An underground shelter in or adjacent to a house, used for protection from severe windstorms. Also called cyclone cellar.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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