cellar door

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English celer door, celer dore.[1][2] By surface analysis, cellar +‎ door.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cellar door (plural cellar doors)

  1. A door leading to a cellar.
  2. Part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.
  3. (linguistics, phonology) In phonaesthetics, a quintessential example of an inherently pleasant-sounding phrase irrespective of its meaning.

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References

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  1. ^ celē̆r, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ cellar door, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.