CYCLONE CELLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyclone cellar mean? 

• CYCLONE CELLAR (noun)
  The noun CYCLONE CELLAR has 1 sense:

1. an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes

  Familiarity information: CYCLONE CELLAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLONE CELLAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cyclone cellar; storm cellar; tornado cellar

Hypernyms ("cyclone cellar" is a kind of...):

shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)

 Context examples 

There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)