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Definition of 'Vault'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vault
an arched structure, usu. of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof.

2.  vault
a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, esp. one located underground.

3.  vault
a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables.

4.  vault
a burial chamber.

5.  vault
something likened to an arched roof:
the vault of heaven.

6. (v.t.) vault
to construct or cover with or as if with a vault.

7.  vault
to store in a vault.

8. (v.i.) vault
to curve in the form of a vault.

9. (v.i.) vault
to leap, as to or from a position or over something:
to vault over the net.

10.  vault
to leap with the hands supported by something, as by a horizontal pole.

11.  vault
to leap over a horse in gymnastics, using the hands for pushing off.

12.  vault
to achieve something as if by a leap:
to vault into prominence.

13. (v.t.) vault
to leap over:
to vault a fence.

14.  vault
to cause to leap over or surpass others.

15. (n.) vault
the act of vaulting.

16.  vault
a leap of a horse.

Etymology: (1530–40; < F volte a turn )

Definition of 'Vault'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) vault, burial vault
a burial chamber (usually underground)

2. (noun) vault, bank vault
a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables

3. (noun) vault
an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

4. (verb) vault, hurdle
the act of jumping over an obstacle

5. (verb) vault, overleap
jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

6. (verb) vault
bound vigorously

Definition of 'Vault'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Vault
an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy

2. (noun) Vault
an arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar

3. (noun) Vault
the canopy of heaven; the sky

4. (noun) Vault
a leap or bound

5. (noun) Vault
the bound or leap of a horse; a curvet

6. (noun) Vault
a leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like

7. (noun) Vault
to leap; to bound; to jump; to spring

8. (noun) Vault
to exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble

9. (verb) Vault
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

10. (verb) Vault
to leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence

Translation of 'Vault'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling the castle vaults.
Afrikaans: kelder	Arabic: عَقْد، قَنْطَرَه	Bulgarian: купол
Brazilian: abóbada	Czech: sklepení	German: das Gewölbe
Danish: hvælving	Greek: θόλος, θολωτή αίθουσα	Spanish: sótano; bodega
Estonian: võlvkelder	Farsi: تاق قوسی	Finnish: holvi
French: cave voûtée	Hebrew: מַרתֵף	Hindi: मेहराबी छत
Croatian: svod, nadsvođena prostori	Hungarian: (boltozatos) pince	Indonesian: ruangan besar
Icelandic: hvelfing; hvelfdur kjalla	Italian: volta	Japanese: アーチ形天井
Korean: 아치형 천장	Lithuanian: rūsys, požemis	Latvian: velve; velvju telpa
Malay: kekubah	Dutch: gewelf	Norwegian: hvelv, kjeller
Polish: piwnica	Portuguese: abóbada	Romanian: boltă; pivniţă
Russian: свод	Slovak: klenba	Slovenian: obok
Serbian: svod	Swedish: källarvalv	Thai: หลังคาโค้ง
Turkish: mahzen	Taiwanese: 拱頂	Ukrainian: склепіння
Urdu: قبہ	Vietnamese: vòm, mái vòm	Chinese: 穹窿状建筑，拱顶
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