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If your root cellar gets a lot of light, spread newspaper over your potatoes to keep them from turning green.
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—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
Many home preservers pack root cellar vegetables away in straw to keep produce from getting bruised or damaged in storage.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
When properly cured and stored, sweet potatoes can last in a root cellar for six to nine months.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
This silky, smooth roasted vegetable soup calls on the heroes of the root cellar—namely sweet potatoes, rutabagas, and parsnips.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined above
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“Root cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20cellar. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
root cellar
noun
: an underground storage area for vegetables and especially those (as carrots) with enlarged roots
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