coal cellar

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a cellar used for storing coal

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  • The old Victorian house had a damp coal cellar beneath the kitchen.
  • The old house had a dark, dusty coal cellar under the kitchen.
  • He remembered his grandfather shoveling fuel from the dusty coal cellar every winter.
  • Every morning, he would go down to the coal cellar to fetch fuel for the fire.
  • We plan to convert the old coal cellar into a wine tasting room.
  • They converted the old coal cellar into a wine storage area.
  • The door to the coal cellar creaked ominously in the silence.
  • Do you remember the spooky stories we used to tell about the coal cellar?
  • A chute on the side of the house led directly into the coal cellar for deliveries.
  • In Victorian times, every house of a certain size would have had a coal cellar.
  • During the war, some families used their coal cellar as a makeshift bomb shelter.
  • The door to the coal cellar was always kept locked to prevent accidents.
  • The surveyor's report mentioned that the coal cellar was surprisingly dry.
  • While clearing out the coal cellar, she found some old newspapers from the 1940s.
  • All that remains of the old heating system is the empty coal cellar.
  • We're planning to damp-proof the coal cellar next year to make it usable space.
  • In many older British homes, you can still find a coal cellar, though it's rarely used for its original purpose.
  • The air in the abandoned coal cellar was thick with the smell of damp earth and forgotten fires.
  • Cleaning out the coal cellar was a dirty and laborious task.
  • Be careful on the steps leading down to the coal cellar; they're very steep.