vault

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
2. Any arched ceiling or roof.
3. Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
5. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
8. Any archive of past content.
9. An encrypted digital archive.
10. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
11. (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
12. (obsolete) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

gewelf

bol

welving

burial vault

bank vault

jump over

charnel-house

bow of head

apex of arch

state treasury

bellow stairs

safe vault

sky dome

tumulus

undercroft

underground

underground cell

vaulted ceiling

bin

warehouse

welkin

arched roof

crown of arch

safe-deposit vault

provider of funds

national treasury

rathskeller

promptuary

church interior

underground room

skimp over

arch crown

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vɒlt/

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.