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Vault
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- 1 An 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."
- 2 An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- 3 the act of jumping over an obstacle wordnet
- 4 Any arched ceiling or roof.
- 5 A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
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- 6 an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof wordnet
- 7 Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves. figuratively
"The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault."
- 8 A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
"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."
- 9 a burial chamber (usually underground) wordnet
- 10 The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- 11 Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- 12 a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables wordnet
- 13 Any cellar or underground storeroom.
"to banish rats that haunt our vault"
- 14 An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
- 15 Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
"Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus"
- 16 The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
"The bank kept their money safe in a large vault."
- 17 Any archive of past content. figuratively, often
- 18 An encrypted digital archive.
- 19 An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer. obsolete
- 20 An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit. obsolete
- 21 A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory. euphemistic, obsolete
- 1 To build as, or cover with a vault. transitive
"The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley."
- 2 To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support. ambitransitive
"The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape."
- 3 bound vigorously wordnet
- 4 To store in a vault. transitive
- 5 jump across or leap over (an obstacle) wordnet
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- 6 To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
"In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted."
Etymology
From 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.
From 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.
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.
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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