noun
bodega
A storeroom, especially for wine.
The winemaker leads visitors into the cool bodega beneath the house.
Etymology
Spanish bodega names a storehouse or wine cellar. This English use keeps that storage meaning, particularly for a place in which wine is kept before sale or consumption.
More examples
- Barrels line the walls of the old bodega.
- They stored the new vintage in a separate bodega.
- The tour includes several traditional bodegas.
Forms
bodega · bodegas
Similar words
- cellar
- An underground room that need not store wine.
- wine store
- Can mean a retail shop rather than storage space.