Uk English Meaning of vault

vault

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Definitions and Meaning of vault in English

Wordnet

vault (n)

a burial chamber (usually underground)

a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables

an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

the act of jumping over an obstacle

Wordnet

vault (v)

jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

bound vigorously

Webster

vault (n.)

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

The canopy of heaven; the sky.

A leap or bound.

The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Webster

vault (v. t.)

To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

Webster

vault (v. i.)

To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

FAQs About the word vault

vault

a burial chamber (usually underground), a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables, an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

crypt,mausoleum,tomb,catacombs,grave,sepulchre,burial ground

No antonyms found.

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