As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more
than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below.

I do say "go to the cellar" now and again.


Christopher A. Young

Here, a basement (hardly anyone has one)...is the room under your house. A
cellar is a tornado shelter, which is completley separate from the house. Also
called a "scare-hole."

Sherry