Vault

Noun

 * 1) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
 * 2) A structure resembling a vault, especially  that formed by the sky.
 * 3) * 1985, God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’ — Genesis 1:6 (New Jerusalem Bible)
 * 4) A secure, enclosed area, especially an underground room used for burial, or to store valuables, wine etc.
 * The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.
 * Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.

Derived terms

 * cloister vault
 * compound vault
 * cross vault
 * decapartite vault
 * dodecapartite vault
 * domical vault
 * groin vault


 * oblique vault
 * octopartite vault
 * panel vault
 * polygonal vault
 * quadripartite vault
 * quinquepartite vault
 * ribbed vault


 * segmental vault
 * septempartite vault
 * sexpartite vault
 * star vault
 * stilted vault
 * tripartite vault
 * Welsh vault

Verb

 * 1)  To build as, or cover with a vault.


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Verb

 * 1)  To jump or leap over.
 * The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.

Derived terms

 * vaulter
 * vaulting

Noun

 * 1) An act of vaulting; a leap or jump.
 * 2)  An event in gymanstics performed on a vaulting horse.

Adjectives for Vault
choked-up; adjoining; gloomy; intersecting,; unribbed; majestic; lurid; heavenly; deep; midnight; opaque; celestial; noxious; sinuous; fathomless; wintry; starry; measurable; lofty; inexhaustible; resounding; dungeon-like; imbowered; azure; ebon; dank-ish; flaming; funereal.

Verbs for Vault
amass in—; consign to—; defile—; deposit in—; desecrate—; engrave on—; entomb in —; filch from—; haunt—; inscribe on—; inter in—; invade—; pillage—; plunder—; repose in—; seal—; store in—; stow in—; —depresses; —honors; —insures; —muffles; —receives; —reeks; —resounds; —safeguards.

Adverbs for Vault
agilely; skillfully;  precipitately; vigorously; lightly; thrillingly.

Thesaurus
Caelus, Fort Knox, Highland fling, air, anabasis, and jump, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archives, archway, armory, arsenal, ascend, ascension, ascent, attic, azure, bank, barrow, basement, bay, beehive tomb, bend, bend back, bin, blue sky, bob up, bonded warehouse, bone house, bookcase, booth, bounce, bound, bow, box, box grave, break water, broad jump, buck, buckjump, bunker, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bursary, buttery, caelum, camber, canopy, canopy of heaven, capriole, cargo dock, cash register, cashbox, catacomb, catacombs, cavity, ceilinged roof, cell, cellar, cellule, cenotaph, cerulean, chamber, charnel house, chest, cist, cist grave, clamber, clear, climb, climbing, closet, coffer, coin box, compartment, concameration, concha, conservatory, cope, cove, crate, crib, cromlech, crook, crypt, cupboard, cupola, curl, curve, curvet, decurve, deep six, deflect, demivolt, depository, depot, dock, dokhma, dolmen, dome, drawer, dump, elevation, embow, empyrean, enclosed space, escalade, ether, exchequer, firmament, fisc, flex, float up, fly up, flying jump, fountain, galliard, gelandesprung, geodesic dome, glory hole, godown, gold depository, grand jete, grave, gush, gyring up, handspring, heaven, heavens, high jump, hippety-hop, hold, hole, hollow, hook, hop, house of death, hump, hunch, hurdle, hutch, hyaline, igloo, increase, incurvate, incurve, inflect, jet, jete, jig, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn, jump up, jump-hop, jump-off, keystone, last home, lavolta, leap, leap over, leap up, leapfrog, levitation, library, lift, lifts, locker, long home, long jump, loop, lop, low green tent, low house, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, manger, mastaba, mausoleum, money chest, monstrance, morris, mount, mounting, mummy chamber, narrow house, negotiate, ogive, ossuarium, ossuary, over, overjump, overleap, overskip, passage grave, penny bank, pew, piggy bank, pit, pole vault, pop up, pork barrel, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, public crib, public till, public treasury, public trough, pyramid, rack, recurve, reflect, reflex, reliquary, repertory, repository, reservoir, resting place, retroflex, rick, rise, rising, rocket, rocketing up, round, running broad jump, running high jump, safe, safe-deposit box, sag, saltation, saut de basque, sepulcher, shaft grave, shelf, shoot up, shooting up, shrine, skewback, ski jump, skip, sky, skyrocket, soar, soaring, span, spout, spring, spring up, spurt, stack, stack room, stall, starry heaven, start, start aside, start up, steeplechase, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strong room, strongbox, stupa, subtreasury, supply base, supply depot, surface, surge, surmount, swag, sweep, takeoff, taking off, tank, the blue, the blue serene, till, tomb, tope, tour jete, tower of silence, treasure house, treasure room, treasure-house, treasury, tumulus, turn, upclimb, upcoming, updive, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspear, upspring, upstart, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vat, vault of heaven, vault up, vaulting, voussoir, warehouse, welkin, wind, wine cellar, zooming

Etymology 1
From volte: (modern voûte:), from  volvita:, an a regularization of voluta: (compare modern volute:), the past participle of volvere:.

Etymology 2
From volter:, borrowed from  voltare:, itself from a  frequentative form of  volvere:; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Noun

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 * Latin: svod, luk
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Verb

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Noun

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