cellar door

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar +‎ door. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛləɹ ˈdɔɹ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Hyphenation: cel‧lar door === Noun === cellar door (plural cellar doors) A door leading to a cellar. (by extension, metonymic) The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased. ==== Alternative forms ==== cellar-door ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Trivia ==== In phonaesthetics, cellar door is said to be a quintessential example of an inherently pleasant-sounding phrase irrespective of its meaning. === References === === Further reading === cellar door (wine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia cellar door (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “cellar door, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2025.