vault

Meaning

Noun

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. (figuratively) 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. (figuratively, often) 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. (euphemistic, obsolete) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Verb

1. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
2. (transitive) To store in a vault.
3. To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.

Verb

To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.

Synonyms

arch

jump

cellar

dome

leap

hop

spring

grave

🪦

bound

tomb

crypt

skip

basement

cupola

hurdle

safe

overleap

mausoleum

burial vault

repository

cave

bounce

vaulting

bank vault

arc

capriole

concave

dungeon

pit

saltation

somersault

storeroom

treasury

tumble

jump over

curve

hutch

cubicle

jump off

crown

👑

learn

coffers

mine

charnel-house

bow of head

pole vault

cellarage

cell

cupula

sepulcher

Translations

voûte

bóveda

volta

⌚

Gewölbe

gewelf

abóbada

voute

salto

saltar

saltare

Gruft

cripta

chambre forte

caveau

sauter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɒlt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vaute

Cognate with Spanish: vuelta

In summary

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.