Cellar vs Lair - What's the difference?
cellar | lair |
An enclosed underground space, often under a building; used for storage or shelter.
A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
(slang) Last place in a competition.
(historical) A small dish for holding salt.
To store in a cellar.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 25, author=Lucy Burningham, title=Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait, work=New York Times
, passage=Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10. }}
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
As nouns the difference between cellar and lair
is that cellar is an enclosed underground space, often under a building; used for storage or shelter or cellar can be salt cellar while lair is mare (female horse) or lair can be .As a verb cellar
is to store in a cellar.cellar
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Alternative forms
* seller (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) celer, (etyl) celier (modern (cellier)), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cellarage * cellarer * cellar dweller * cyclone cellar * root cellar * storm cellar * wine cellarVerb
(en verb)citation
Etymology 2
From 15th Century English saler, from (etyl)Anagrams
* *lair
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Noun
(en noun)- ...Van Helsing stood up and said, "Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair . Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"