- tornado cellar
- nounan underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes• Syn: ↑storm cellar, ↑cyclone cellar• Hypernyms: ↑shelter
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storm cellar — noun an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes • Syn: ↑cyclone cellar, ↑tornado cellar • Hypernyms: ↑shelter * * * noun or storm cave … Useful english dictionary
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Cyclone cellar — or Cyclone pit Cyclone pit . A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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