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Definition of Storm cellar
1. Noun. An underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes.
Definition of Storm cellar
1. Noun. An underground structure used to shelter from storms that have high winds, such as a tornado. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Cellar
Literary usage of Storm cellar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2007)
"Sarah had thrown open the storm cellar door. "Ethan!" she screamed. ... The tornado
pulled at the storm cellar doors, wrenching them free and carrying them ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"storm cellar STORAGE BUILDING ; 'WAREHOUSE. (See Warehouse.) STORE. ... storm cellar.
In countries where tornadoes are to be feared, a structure partly or ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Instructions to Juries in Civil and Criminal Cases by Henry Edward Randall (1922)
"... and on a charge of gambling by playing at craps for money in said storm cellar
at , and that the said defendant testified before said grand jury, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Instructions to Juries in Civil and Criminal Cases by Henry Edward Randall (1922)
"... and on a charge of gambling by playing at craps for money in said storm cellar
at , and that the said defendant testified before said grand jury, ..."
5. In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Using a storm cellar for Fallout Protection I lf the existing roof of the storm
cellar is made of wood or | other light material, it should be covered with ..."
6. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"As, then, the tornado approaches from the west or southwest, it is usual to place
the storm cellar northwest of the house, and connected with the cellar ..."
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