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Definition of Cyclone cellar
1. Noun. An underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes.
Definition of Cyclone cellar
1. Noun. (American English) a domestic underground shelter used as protection from severe winds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclone Cellar
Literary usage of Cyclone cellar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cement and how to Use it: A Working Manual of Up-to-date Practice in the by William A. Radford (1910)
"A cyclone cellar. should be placed and well troweled. The forms should not be
removed before three weeks. The roof should be reinforced with woven wire ..."
2. Through Texas: A Series of Interesting Letters by Walter Barlow Stevens (1892)
"The China geesa and the cyclone cellar are curiosities. But they are not the most
humorous things on the ranch. That distinction belongs to the jackasses. ..."
3. The Bookman (1910)
"There's rows and rows of the most beautiful private houses just outside the city,
and every one of them has got a cyclone cellar. ..."
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