vault
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or…An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
» The vault's already open.
Meaning
18 sensesAn arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
Gewölbe, Gewölbebogen
сводsvod
склепі́нняsklepínnja
Any arched ceiling or roof.
Deckengewölbe, Bogendach, Tonnendach
an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
(figuratively)Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament.
The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
Any cellar or underground storeroom.
Gewölbekeller, Kellergewölbe
по́гребpógreb, подва́лpodvál
схо́вищеsxóvyšče, по́грібpóhrib, льохlʹox
a burial chamber (usually underground)
Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus
Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum
Gruft, Grabgewölbe
склепsklep
склепsklep
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
Tresor, Tresorraum, Stahlkammer
храни́лищеxranílišče, сейфsejf
(figuratively, often)Any archive of past content.
Gewölbe, Wölbung
сводsvod, а́ркаárka
An encrypted digital archive.
Schließfach
A membraneless organelle found in most eukaryotic cells first identified in 1986.
An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
Sprung
прыжо́кpryžók
A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
Examples
34 sentencesThe vault's already open.
Tom vaulted over the wall.
ruТом перепрыгнул через стену. — al42and
This cathedral has a vaulted ceiling.
ruУ этого собора сводчатый потолок. — al42and
deDiese Kathedrale hat ein Deckengewölbe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Antonio finally opened the massive vault.
Rodrigo opened a vault-like door.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 7
By meaning 9
Origin
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar LatinFrom Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
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Forms
plural: vaultsSynonyms
11 synonyms- the act of jumping over an obstacle:hurdle
- a burial chamber (usually underground):burial vault
- a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables:bank vault