vault
Definitions
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- Any archive of past content.
- An encrypted digital archive.
- An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
- A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Equivalents
39 more languages
Azərbaycan dilitağ
Беларускаясхо́вішча
Catalàvolta
Ελληνικάθόλος
Esperantovolbo
فارسیکمرا
Suomihautaholviholvataholviholvikaariholvikattohypätähyppyhyppyarkkuhyppytelinekassaholvikellarikellariholvikryptaloikataloikkapankkiholviponkaisupoukkaus
Gàidhligbogha
Galegobóveda
Հայերենկամար
Қазақ тілікүмбез
Slovenčinaklenba
Тоҷикӣгунбаз
Tiếng Việtmái vòm
Examples
“The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.”
“the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault”
“The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.”
“His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull⟳ the triple headed dog from hell.”
“Had I your tongues and eyes, Il’d vſe them so, That Heauens vault ſhould crack: ſhe’s gone for euer.”
“The ſilent vaults of Death, vnknowne to Light⟳; And Hell it ſelfe, lye naked to his ſight.”
“No bird flew in the blue vault of heaven, no man or beast moved upon the vast countryside which lay⟳ before us.”
“God said, ‘Let⟳ there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide⟳ the waters in two.’”
“to banish rats that haunt our vault”
“Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus”
“Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum”
“Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.”
“The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.”
“Each vault has three segments: “preflight” (the movement from the springboard onto the table), “block⟳” (the moment the hands touch⟳ and leave⟳ the table) and “postflight” (the flips and twists before landing). […] Handspring and Tsukahara vaults are less common than Yurchenko-style vaults, but some gymnasts specialize in them.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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