cellar door vs root cellar

cellar door

noun
  • A door leading to a cellar. 

  • In phonaesthetics, a quintessential example of an inherently pleasant-sounding phrase irrespective of its meaning. 

  • Part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased. 

root cellar

noun
  • A structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods. 

verb
  • To cellar (food) in a root cellar. 

How often have the words cellar door and root cellar occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )