cellar
/ˈselə(r)/noun
उच्चारण सेलर
तहख़ाना, तलघर
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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an underground room often used for storing things
तहख़ाना, तलघर
- Old furniture is stored in the cellar.
- The family stored apples in the cool cellar.
- The shopkeeper kept the extra stock in the cellar.
+ 2 more examples
- Cool air rose from the cellar when we opened the door.
- The old house has a cellar that floods during the monsoon.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
in / down in the cellar
Cellar is a place below the ground, so use in, down in or into for position and movement.
तहख़ाना ज़मीन के नीचे का स्थान है, इसलिए स्थिति और गति के लिए 'in', 'down in' या 'into' आता है।
- The old trunks are kept in the cellar.
- He went down into the cellar to find the fuse.
cellar + noun (door, steps, wall, window)
Cellar works as a modifier to describe parts of the room.
'Cellar' modifier बनकर उस कमरे के हिस्सों का वर्णन करता है।
- The cellar door was locked from outside.
wine cellar / coal cellar
These fixed compounds name a cellar used for one purpose; the first word tells what is stored.
ये स्थिर compound किसी एक उद्देश्य के तहख़ाने के नाम हैं; पहला शब्द बताता है कि क्या रखा जाता है।
- The hotel keeps its best wine in a cool cellar.
the cellar (sport and rank, informal)
In league tables, the cellar means the lowest position, often in the phrase in the cellar.
लीग तालिका में 'the cellar' का अर्थ सबसे निचला स्थान है, प्रायः 'in the cellar' वाक्यांश में।
- After five defeats, the team sat in the cellar of the table.
+Collocations 4
adjective + cellar
darkdampcooldeepmusty
- The damp cellar smelt of old paper and wet stone.
verb + cellar
store infloodclearlockexplore
- The monsoon flooded the cellar of our old house.
noun + cellar
winecoalrootfood
- A root cellar keeps vegetables fresh through winter.
cellar + noun
doorstairsstepslight
- He felt for the light switch at the top of the cellar stairs.
“More examples 5
- The children were afraid to go down to the dark cellar alone.
बच्चे अकेले अँधेरे तहख़ाने में उतरने से डरते थे।
- Rainwater leaked into the cellar during the night.
रात में बारिश का पानी तहख़ाने में रिस आया।
- My grandfather's cellar was full of old books and broken chairs.
मेरे दादाजी का तहख़ाना पुरानी किताबों और टूटी कुर्सियों से भरा था।
- The shopkeeper keeps extra stock in the cellar below the shop.
दुकानदार दुकान के नीचे बने तहख़ाने में अतिरिक्त माल रखता है।
- Our cricket team has been in the cellar of the league all season.
हमारी क्रिकेट टीम पूरे सत्र में लीग में सबसे निचले स्थान पर रही है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He keeps old furniture in the seller.
✓ He keeps old furniture in the cellar.
Cellar (a basement room) and seller (a person who sells) sound the same; the room is spelt cellar.
'Cellar' (तहख़ाना) और 'seller' (बेचने वाला) का उच्चारण एक जैसा है; कमरे के लिए spelling 'cellar' है।
✗ He keeps the old trunks in the underground of the house.
✓ He keeps the old trunks in the cellar of the house.
Underground is not used as a noun for a room; the word is cellar or basement.
कमरे के लिए 'underground' noun के रूप में नहीं चलता; शब्द 'cellar' या 'basement' है।
✗ We went in the cellar to see what is inside.
✓ We went into the cellar to see what was inside.
For movement into a place, use into; and the tense after went must stay in the past.
किसी स्थान के भीतर जाने के लिए 'into' आता है; और 'went' के बाद की clause भी past tense में रहेगी।
AaSpelling
cel·lar
Double l and -ar (not 'celler').
दो l और अंत में -ar ('celler' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Homophone, asked very often: cellar (an underground room) and seller (a person who sells).
Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: cellar (तहख़ाना) और seller (बेचने वाला)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
An underground room is a cellar or basement; one used for storing wine a wine cellar; an underground room in a church a crypt; a room just below the roof an attic.
भूमिगत कमरा cellar या basement; शराब रखने का wine cellar; चर्च का भूमिगत कमरा crypt; छत के ठीक नीचे का कमरा attic।