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cellar door

cel·lar door

Today it means: A door leading to a cellar. Full definition →

Middle English celer door

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Middle English · inherited fromceler door
English todaycellar door

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.