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| vault [ vawlt ] |
noun (plural vaults) |
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1. strengthened room for valuables: a strengthened room or compartment used for the safe storage of valuables, especially one in a bank
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2. arched ceiling: an arched structure of stone, brick, wood, or plaster that forms a ceiling or roof
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3. room with arched ceiling: a room, especially an underground room, with an arched ceiling
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4. burial chamber: a burial chamber, usually underground
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5. something arching overhead: something that arches overhead, especially the sky
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literary
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  the great vault of the sky
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6. anatomy arched part of body: a part of the body with an arched shape
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verb (past and past participle vault·ed, present participle vault·ing, 3rd person present singular vaults) |
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1. intransitive verb form vault: to arch or curve like a vault
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2. transitive verb architecture put arched structure over something: to cover a building with an arched ceiling or roof
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3. transitive verb architecture build something as vault: to build something in the shape of a vault
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| [14th century. < Old French vaute< assumed Vulgar Latin volvita "turn, vault" < Latin voluta, feminine past participle of volvere "turn, roll"] |
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| vault·ed adjective |
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