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cellaret

cellaret

9.9
A small cabinet with spaces for keeping wine or liquor bottles
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛləˌrɛt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cajón de vino
  • An English cellaret went for twenty-eight eighty, a nice sum, but only a few hundred of that was profit.

Examples

  • He opened the cellaret to reveal a collection of fine spirits and liqueurs.

  • The vintage cellaret in the dining room holds many expensive bottles of wine.

  • After dinner, she took a bottle of aged whiskey from the beautiful wooden cellaret.

Synonyms

cupboard
vscellaret
79 1.0

A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food

is specialized for holding bottles, especially wine or liquor
minibar
vscellaret
19 3.7

A small cabinet in a hotel room that holds drinks and snacks

keeps bottles mainly for storage rather than offering immediate drinks
backbar
vscellaret
  • Jargon
5.6

Shelves and a counter behind a bar that hold bottles and glasses

serves as a closed furniture piece mainly for storing bottles, not display

How Big

bar
∞ 1.0
sideboard
9 4.4
cellaret
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

cellaret singular
cellarets plural

Morphology

cellaret = cellar (semi-transparent) = cellar + et

Formally 'cellar' + diminutive '-et' yields 'small cellar', but '-et' is a French-derived diminutive not fully productive in modern English so learners may only partially infer the exact meaning.

Etymology

The word cellaret comes from the French cellier meaning 'cellar' and the small ending -et meaning 'little'. So a cellaret is a 'little cellar', which is why it means a small cabinet for storing bottles.