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Structure for storing vegetables, fruits, nuts or other foods
A root cellar (American and Canadian English), fruit cellar (Mid-Western American English) or earth cellar (British English) is a structure, usually underground
Root_cellar
Topics referred to by the same term
Cellar may refer to: Basement Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar Wine cellar The Cellar (disambiguation) Night-cellar Salt cellar Sellers (disambiguation)
Cellar
United States historic place
They include a caved-in root cellar, a collapsed barn, the remains of a rock-clad shed, and an old ranch house ruin. The root cellar was constructed about
David_L._Shirk_Ranch
Type of shelter
A storm shelter or storm cellar is a type of underground bunker designed to protect the occupants from severe weather, particularly tornadoes. They are
Storm_cellar
"Root Cellar" is a poem written by the American poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) published in Roethke's second collection, The Lost Son and Other Poems
Root_Cellar_(poem)
1981 children's historical novel by Janet Lunn
The Root Cellar is a children's historical novel by Janet Lunn that is set in the 1980s, although much of the action takes place in the 1860s. It follows
The_Root_Cellar
Murder of two American teens
just 38 months. On October 7, 2021, a new search was conducted in the root cellar of a home formerly occupied by David Pennington, one of the deceased
Murders of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman
Murders_of_Lauria_Bible_and_Ashley_Freeman
Series of Turkish supernatural films
arrived, Sudet sneaks inside and, while Orhan is distracted, goes to the root cellar, following Hodja's instruction. As Kader sees and follows him, he finds
Sijjin_(film_series)
2001 book by Jeff Smith
She and Fone Bone, therefore, enter a Ghost Circle, and thence the root cellar of a farmer's family, where they obtain apples. Here, they hear voices
Ghost_Circles
United States historic place
The Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellar are a pair of historic farm outbuildings in rural western White County, Arkansas. They are located just
Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellar
Pence-Carmichael_Farm,_Barn_and_Root_Cellar
United States historic place
Wessells Root Cellar is a small brick structure near Hallwood, Accomack County, Virginia. The root cellar was built sometime after 1768 by William Vessells
Wessells_Root_Cellar
Russian mystic (1869–1916)
days when he was in Pokrovskoye. Building a makeshift chapel in Yefim's root cellar—Rasputin was still living within his father's household at the time—the
Grigori_Rasputin
Plant roots used as a vegetable
prairie turnip) Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón) Many root vegetables keep well in root cellars, lasting several months. This is one way of storing food
Root_vegetable
Inhibition of microbial growth in food
of root cellars and iceboxes. Rural people often did their own ice cutting, whereas town and city dwellers often relied on the ice trade. Today, root cellaring
Food_preservation
United States historic place
district. The root cellar is primarily constructed of field stone and mortar, with a wood shingled gable roof on top. Access into the cellar is an inclined
North Manitou Island Lifesaving Station
North_Manitou_Island_Lifesaving_Station
Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Maberly. Elliston is known as the Root Cellar Capital of the World and has claimed that title from the 135 root cellars that exist in the community. In
Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador
Elliston,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Type of earth shelter with ancient origins
shelter may also be used to store food (just like a pantry, a larder, or a root cellar) and for cultural activities like the telling of stories, dancing, singing
Pit-house
Large and stately residence
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Great_house
Process of renovating or making additions to one's home
protection in the event of different emergencies: areas of refuge, storm cellars (as protection from tornadoes and other kinds of severe weather), panic
Home_improvement
transit Rock-cut tomb Root cellar Tunnel Utility vault Underground city Well Wine cave Secret passage Semi-basement Stepwell Storm cellar Smuggling tunnel
Underground_base
Type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio or porch originating in Hawaiʻi
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Lanai_(architecture)
Type of storage that allows food to be eaten after time
solely immediately. It is both a traditional domestic skill (mainly as root cellaring) and, in the form of food logistics, an important industrial and commercial
Food_storage
Room with large glass windows or walls for exposure to sunlight
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Sunroom
Freestanding structure preventing movement across a boundary
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Fence
American science fiction horror episodes
Victor tells Julie to enter a faraway tree, and she is transported to a root cellar. The van reaches the sheriff's station as Boyd and Khatri let survivors
List_of_From_episodes
Room in a house where laundry is done
1970, publication.[clarification needed] Furnace room Mechanical room Root cellar Scullery Storage room Technical room "Utility Rooms FAQ". UtilityRooms
Utility_room
Vertical structure, usually solid, that defines and sometimes protects an area
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Wall
Granary, Hórreo Greenhouse Hayloft Pigpen or sty Root cellar Shed Silo Slaughterhouse Stable Storm cellar Well house Crib Windmill Workshop Medical Hospital
List_of_building_types
Room where provisions are stored
stocks kept in a cold pantry. Vegetables could be brought up from the root cellar in smaller amounts and stored in the cold pantry until ready to use.
Pantry
Systems for conveying fluids
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Plumbing
Swedish crime drama TV series
branch. Iris moves bodies into root cellar; locks it. Iris takes Esther away by speedboat. Petter wakes in root cellar but cannot get out. 2022: Josef
The_Sandhamn_Murders
1997 children's historical novel by Janet Lunn
first two being The Root Cellar and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. Having progressed backward from the American Civil War in The Root Cellar, another few decades
The_Hollow_Tree
Species of flowering plant
if temperatures are low. The radish can also be kept for months in a root cellar or be stored in the fridge for up to three weeks at 0–5 °C (32–41 °F)
Black_radish
Cool room for storing food
into the side of a land bank, or wedged under a log or tree root. Food storage Root cellar Wikimedia Commons has media related to Larders. Look up larder
Larder
1990 western film by Simon Wincer
from Texas. When her home was attacked by Comanches, she hid in the root cellar and accidentally suffocated her child while trying to prevent him from
Quigley_Down_Under
1960 film
roof of the house, the family sets it on fire and takes shelter in the root cellar. Mattilda, who had been shot earlier, succumbs to her wounds and dies
The_Unforgiven_(1960_film)
Small building constructed over a spring
well. Springhouses thus often also served as pumphouses, milkhouses and root cellars. The Tomahawk Spring spring house at Tomahawk, West Virginia, was listed
Spring_house
Type of squash
squash keep well in a temperature-controlled environment, such as a root cellar, maintaining their quality well for at least 3.5 months with a simple
Acorn_squash
Building in Bergen, Norway
widening of the main road. Directly west of the stable is an unused root cellar. Further west, on the other side of the main building, is a greenhouse
Gamlehaugen
United States historic place
been restored, and "Wolfe Ranch" appears on more recent maps. A 1907 root cellar is adjacent to the cabin The rear of the cabin The cabin from a distance
Wolfe_Ranch
Sill of a door
place where corn was threshed (a threshing floor). The word contained a root and a suffix. That suffix has undergone numerous changes, for people tried
Threshold_(architecture)
Hemicycle house in Madison, Wisconsin, US
misunderstanding that prompted Wright to resign. The family moved into the house's root cellar in July 1948 and occupied the rest of the house that September. The professor
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House
Herbert_and_Katherine_Jacobs_Second_House
Underground space, natural and man-made underground structures
facility Spiderhole Underground base Underground hangar Storage Bank vault Root cellar Wine cave Transport Tunnel Smuggling tunnel Secret passage Underground
Subterranea_(geography)
Executed American serial mass murderer (1888-1928)
shotgun and an axe. All of the bodies were then stored in the newly dug root cellar by the house. The eldest Hassell son, Alton, was threshing wheat in Clovis
George_Hassell
slave quarters and fenced in with saplings, branches, and vines, and root cellars were located underneath the slave homes. Based on the observations of
Gardens_of_Monticello
2004 film by Joel and Ethan Coen
expresses interest in the room she has for rent and asks to use her root cellar for rehearsals of an early music ensemble he directs, to which she agrees
The_Ladykillers_(2004_film)
Psychiatric hospital in Westland, Michigan
had its own farm, which included a dairy herd, dairy barns, piggery, root cellar, tobacco curing building and greenhouses. Patients came from Detroit
Eloise_(psychiatric_hospital)
Prison in Illinois, United States
included a dairy and a piggery that contributed to the prison diet. The root cellar was one of the largest and most intricately designed of any institution
Menard_Correctional_Center
Belgian writer and scientist
the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In his free time, he DJs at the Root Cellar Lounge in Bloomington, Indiana. He specializes in Deep House and Techno
Johan_Bollen
Group of fictional characters
2002 series, he is an evil rival to Moss Man who was imprisoned in the Root Cellar by Moss Man until the day when Evilseed tricked Orko. An action figure
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters
List_of_He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_characters
formal garden pavilion, a fountain in the front lawn, a greenhouse and root cellar, and a stone water tower. The property also contains a Tudor Revival
Residences_of_Donald_Trump
Small play house, or play area, for children
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Cubby-hole
American writer
3–38. doi:10.2307/30039839. ISSN 0022-4642. Lumpkin Family History at Root Cellar Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine "June 1929 – Strike at Loray
Grace_Lumpkin
Public park in Yonkers, New York
new head for the unicorn, and the masonry was cleaned and restored. A root cellar was converted into a grotto and fountain. Actual graffiti inside the
Untermyer_Park_and_Gardens
State park in Minnesota, United States
a bakery, three workshops, an office, a garage, a warehouse, and a root cellar. About 800 men rotated through the camp, conducting forestry projects
Judge_C._R._Magney_State_Park
Historic house in Maryland, United States
House Museum includes a federal era house, a cemetery, the original root cellar, and harness room, as well as Gabriel Duvall's original law office building
Marietta (Glenn Dale, Maryland)
Marietta_(Glenn_Dale,_Maryland)
9th episode of the 5th season of The X-Files
Lisa overhears Matthews arguing with a man she journeys into Matthews' root cellar where she finds a corpse. When she tries to leave she finds she has been
Schizogeny
"Lunar Ellipse", Allison, with help from Isaac, finds the parents in the root cellar just before Jennifer sacrifices them. In response to the Nemeton's activation
List of Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) characters
List_of_Teen_Wolf_(2011_TV_series)_characters
Construction that bridges a large vertical distance with steps
room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Wine cellar Wiring closet Workshop Great house areas
Stairs
American alternative comic book
portal Jungle girl Feral child Carter, R.J. (January 1, 2002). "Root Cellar: Budd Root on Cavewoman and Basement Comics". TheTrades.com. Archived from
Cavewoman_(comics)
Type of storage of agricultural products
storage pits Food preservation – Inhibition of microbial growth in food Root cellar – Structure for storing vegetables, fruits, nuts or other foods Brick
Storage_clamp
Season of television series
Jennifer. The group discover that Jennifer is holding her victims in the root cellar. Scott and the Alpha pack hunt down Ms. Morrell; Deucalion injures her
Teen_Wolf_season_3
Traditional and contemporary cuisine of Quebec
winters pushed people to prioritize vegetables that would store well in root cellars like cabbages, carrots, turnips and onions. During meals, French habits
Cuisine_of_Quebec
1996 American television film directed by Timothy Bond
school, about the oncoming twister, which sends them running into their root cellar before it destroys their farm. Meanwhile, in Blainsworth (120 miles (190 km)
Night_of_the_Twisters_(film)
Swedish TV crime drama series
Peter's help Evert finds the rest of the skeleton inside an overgrown root cellar – it has been there for eight years. DNA analysis determines that the
Bäckström_(Swedish_TV_series)
Historic church in Wisconsin, United States
has an oculus window. The building is now used for storage and as a root cellar. The bathhouse/outhouse, built around 1880 just south of the laundry
Holy_Cross_Church_and_Convent
Room where clothes are washed
room Lavoir, a public place for the washing of clothes Mechanical room Root cellar Scullery, a room used for washing up dishes and laundering clothes, or
Laundry_room
Process of moving heat from one location to another in controlled conditions
or frozen waterbodies) and/or made use of natural coolness in caves, root cellars and winter weather. In the 19th century, the rise of ice trade enabled
Refrigeration
United States historic place
property are the contributing stone well, a ruinous stone and frame root cellar, a frame chicken house, a frame blacksmith shop with a wagon and tractor
Sunnydale_Farm
House partially or entirely surrounded by earth
Hurricane-proof building Passive house Passive solar Radiation shielding Root cellar Proponents: Cosanti—site of "Earth House" designed by architect Paolo
Earth_shelter
Archaeological site in Groton, Connecticut
to be root cellars, two of which are completely intact. Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni states that these were root cellars which
Gungywamp
Season of television series
their supplies to facilitate the trade, and are welcomed into the group. Root cellar: A plastic cooler is buried in a hole in the ground by Amber to attempt
The Colony (American TV series) season 2
The_Colony_(American_TV_series)_season_2
Park in Connecticut, United States of America
replica on its roof of a metal cat figure. The grounds also contained a root cellar, walking paths with near-vertical steps, a two-story gable-ended vernacular
Gillette_Castle_State_Park
Historic estate in New York, United States
provides a contrast of light and space. The well-preserved beehive-domed root cellar, six-room basement kitchen, and stand-alone laundry building offer a
Lyndhurst_(estate)
American reality television series (2011–2022)
the hunter and cattleman cabins, winterizing the bee hive, sorting the root cellar, bottling raspberry mead, and creating a new field with an excavator
Alaska:_The_Last_Frontier
Former fortress in modern-day Ukraine
houses, 40 wooden houses, 20 wattle houses, 59 shops, 6 windmills, 12 root cellars, 9 pubs, 3 inns, 1 bathhouse, 1 forge. Izmail Fortress, lying on the
Izmail_Fortress
Distinguishable space within a building or other structure
to support the work of the household, such as kitchens, pantries, and root cellars, all of which were intended for the preparation and storage of food.
Room
United States historic place
combination residence and office. Supporting structures included a barn, root cellar and privy. The main building was expanded in 1915, when it was functioning
Gold_Creek_Ranger_Station
American musician
Witt EmWorld Records 1999 Barnyard Gone Wrong Blueground Undergrass Root Cellar Records Pedal steel, harmony vocals Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer
Mark_van_Allen
1931 novel by Willa Cather
to store in his root cellar. A description is given of citizens growing lettuce and root vegetables in cold frames in their cellars during the long winter
Shadows_on_the_Rock
Earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization
associated lean-to, and one or more storage pits (similar in function to a root cellar). A nearby garden was used for medicinal and cooking herbs and for smaller
Olmecs
Accessory structures on farm or ranch
typically detached from the main structure, so places like wine cellars, root cellars and cheese caves may or may not be termed outbuildings depending
Outbuilding
has sold injured horses before. Luke finds the root cellar at the ranch house. Mention of the cellar brings back Jack's painful memories of his sister
List_of_Heartland_episodes
Book by Rodman Philbrick
men draft Harold into the Union army illegally. Homer is thrown into a root cellar and subsequently escapes by digging a tunnel. He tries to escape on a
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
The_Mostly_True_Adventures_of_Homer_P._Figg
Process of transplanting tree seedlings
refrigerated overwinter storage has been used in root cellars and snow caches. Using natural refrigeration in root cellar storage, Jorgensen and Stanek (1962) kept
Tree_planting
American astronomer (1906–1997)
temperature, free of air currents, and was also used by the family as a root cellar and emergency shelter. He sent drawings of Jupiter and Mars to the Lowell
Clyde_Tombaugh
Historic house in Iowa, United States
two-story frame Queen Anne house, the garage, and the remains of the root cellar. They call attention to food processing for local consumption during
Home of Marshall's Horseradish
Home_of_Marshall's_Horseradish
American musician
– The Stephen Kellogg Band – 1995 Buffalo – Stephen Kellogg and the Root Cellar Band – 1997 South of Stephen – 2000 Muskrats, Mullets & Mesh Caps – 2001
Stephen_Kellogg
building next to the house and later comes to the conclusion that the root cellar included a trap door. In the war room, geochemistry professor Chris McFarlane
List of The Curse of Oak Island episodes
List_of_The_Curse_of_Oak_Island_episodes
Season of television series
believe can return them to Chester's Mill. They make their way inside the root cellar and are each enveloped by mist and experience a vision from their past
Under_the_Dome_season_2
National park in Minnesota, United States
consists of I.W. Stevens' home, a guest cabin, sauna, generator shed, and root cellar. I.W. Stevens acquired the property from the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber
Voyageurs_National_Park
Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl, 1932–1937 Janet Lunn (1928–2017) – The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972) – The Turf-Cutter's Donkey
List of children's literature writers
List_of_children's_literature_writers
Historic house in Missouri, United States
the late 1980s. Also on the property are the log and frame smokehouse/root cellar (c. 1880), a cast iron pump (c. 1910), an open field and beyond the field
Snelson-Brinker_House
Cabin used by Theodore Roosevelt
Merrifield built a 1+1⁄2-story cabin complete with a shingled roof and root cellar. Constructed of durable ponderosa pine logs, the cabin was considered
Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin
Theodore_Roosevelt's_Maltese_Cross_Cabin
United States historic place
windmill and root cellar are structures, which were supportive of human activities. The windmill was used to generate power; the root cellar was related
Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns_Farm
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
built in 1850, and a mid-nineteenth century root cellar. Colonial entrance Colonial entrance Root cellar Vegetable garden Barn ruins "National Register
Michael and Margaret Heller House
Michael_and_Margaret_Heller_House
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
contributing structure. They are the stone mansion or manor house, stone root cellar and smokehouse, "caretaker's cottage," garage, and small stone "worker's"
Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site
Pine_Forge_Mansion_and_Industrial_Site
Species of plant
stored in a cool dark place, due to their robust black corky skin. In root cellars they may keep fresh well into springtime. The roots can also be washed
Pseudopodospermum_hispanicum
United States historic place
-123.26258 (Granary)) and root cellar (48°04′11″N 123°15′46″W / 48.06982°N 123.2627°W / 48.06982; -123.2627 (Root Cellar)) are two log structures located
Emery_Farmstead
Swedish crime drama television series
a little girl is discovered neatly tucked into a makeshift bed in a root cellar deep in the woods. With a plate of food beside her, she has starved to
Beck_(Swedish_TV_series)
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
Girl/Female
Hindu
Look, Blessed with beauty, Shape, Beauty
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Beginning; Root
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Robrecht.Altered spelling of German Rupp.English : variant spelling of Roope.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Indonesian, Kenyan
Root
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the bird (Old English hrÅc), most likely given to a person with very dark hair or a dark complexion or to someone with a raucous voice.English : some early examples, such as Robert of ye Rook (London 1318) and Henry del Rook (Staffordshire 1332), point clearly to a local name of some kind. The first of these could be from a house sign, the second may be a variant of Rock 1.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrok, of uncertain origin; perhaps a cognate of 1 or from Middle High German rÅhen ‘to cry or yell (in battle)’ or Old High German ruoh ‘intent’.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Ruck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of boots, from Middle English, Old French bote (of unknown origin).Dutch and North German : metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from Dutch boot ‘boat’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Spirit, Soul, Good behaviour, Purity
Girl/Female
Indian
Soul
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rÅt).English : metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).Dutch : topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Raven
Male
Chinese
a root.
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Root.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German
Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German : habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a rose.Dutch (also de Roos) : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew roses, from roos ‘rose’.Dutch : from the female personal name Rosa (Latin rosa ‘rose’).Dutch : nickname from roos ‘erysipelas’, an infection which causes reddening of the skin and scalp, applied presumably to someone with a ruddy complexion.Swiss German : from a personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.Swedish and Danish (of German origin) : as 1.Swedish : variant of Ros.English and Scottish : variant of Ross 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Root 1.
Boy/Male
Dutch
Large.
Boy/Male
Indian
Spirit, Soul, Good behaviour, Purity
Girl/Female
British, Dutch, English, French, German, Netherlands
Rose
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Foote.
Surname or Lastname
English (now chiefly East Anglia)
English (now chiefly East Anglia) : probably a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of rough ground, from a hypothetical Old English word rÅ«(we)t or rÅ«het, derivatives of rÅ«h ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’. Compare Rauch. There are places called Ruffet(t) in Surrey and Sussex which are thought to have this origin.German : Swabian variant of Roth 1.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Rauth.Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Rajput, Jat, Maratha) and Sikh name meaning ‘prince’, from Sanskrit rÄjaputra (from rÄja ‘king’ + putra ‘son’). In India this is a variant of a name more commonly spelled Ravat or Raut. The Jats have a clan called Ravat.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.German : from Ruffo, a short form of a personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Ruf and Ruff.
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
Girl/Female
Arabic
Light
Girl/Female
Indian
Wise, Black, Dark, Name of Hindu God
Boy/Male
Tamil
Victorious hero, Powerful
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who rules the body origen
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Biblical
The soul; he that rests; refreshes himself; or respires.
Female
Danish
, peace of Thor.
Boy/Male
Norse
Spear.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Bright Friend; Godly Friend
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of the Best
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
ROOT CELLAR
n.
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
v. t.
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
v. t.
To spend or pass in riot.
v. t.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
v. i.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
n.
A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.
n.
An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
n.
That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
v. t.
To tread; as, to foot the green.
v. t.
To cover with a roof.
v. t.
To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.
v. i.
To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
v. i.
To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
v. t.
To kick with the foot; to spurn.
a.
Full of roots; as, rooty ground.
a.
Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.
n.
That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
n.
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
a.
Feeding on roots; root-eating.