Cyclone Cellar (Noun)
Meaning
An underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The family quickly headed to the cyclone cellar to wait out the tornado warning.
- During the severe storm, the entire town sought refuge in the nearby cyclone cellar.
- She remembered her grandmother telling stories of taking shelter in their cyclone cellar during the big storm of 1950.
- The neighbors ushered everyone into the safest place they knew, the old cyclone cellar beneath the house.
- As the sirens blared, they made a dash for the cyclone cellar beneath the town hall.