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. 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.

Verb

1. To build as, or cover with a vault.
2. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɒlt/

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.