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Meaning
Noun
●
An
arched
masonry
structure
supporting
and
forming
a
ceiling
, whether
freestanding
or
forming
part of a
larger
building.
●
Any
arched
ceiling
or roof.
●
Anything
resembling
such a downward-facing
concave
structure,
particularly
the
sky
and caves.
●
In Christianity:
The
space
covered
by an
arched
roof
,
particularly
underground
rooms
and (Christianity,
obsolete
)
church
crypts.
●
In Buildings & Rooms:
Any
cellar
or
underground
storeroom.
●
Any
burial chamber
,
particularly
those underground.
●
The
secure
room
or
rooms
in or below a
bank
used to
store
currency
and other
valuables
;
similar
rooms
in other settings.
●
Any
archive
of
past
content.
●
In Computing & Buildings:
An
encrypted
digital
archive.
●
An
underground
or
covered
conduit
for water or
waste
; a
drain
; a sewer.
●
An
underground
or
covered
reservoir
for water or
waste
; a
cistern
; a cesspit.
●
In Rooms:
A
room
employing
a
cesspit
or
sewer
: an
outhouse
; a lavatory.
●
An
act
of
vaulting
, formerly (chiefly) by
deer
; a
leap
or jump.
●
In Gymnastics:
A
piece
of
apparatus
used for
performing
jumps.
●
In Gymnastics & Gaits:
A
gymnastic
movement
performed
on this apparatus.
●
In Equestrianism:
Synonym of
volte
: a
circular
movement
by the horse.
●
In Gymnastics:
An
event
or performance
involving
a
vaulting
horse.
Verb
●
To
build
as, or
cover
with a vault.
●
In Video games:
To
remove
(an
item
,
character
, etc.) from a
video game
in an update.
●
To
jump
or
leap
over with
a
hand
and/or
foot
on the
item
for support.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
vault
English
volte
English
volvita
English
volter
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Bathroom
Volte
Walt
Outhouse
Vaulting Table
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Box
Tunnel
Cellar
Tower
Dome
Fortress
Dungeon
Crypt
Basement
Cavern
Sarcophagus
Cage
Roof
Gate
Arch
Portal
Storeroom
Locker
Lock
Garage
Wallet
Catapult
Building
Pit
Floor
Castle
Warehouse
File
Wall
Hole
Palace
Gallery
Folder
Undercity
Room
Courtyard
Ring
Door
Loft
Deck
Coffin
Hideout
Tomb
Archive
Closet
Container
Block
Card
Hangar
Safe
Space
Tank
Safe Room
Safe House
More
Rhymes
Alt
Salt
Halt
Balt
Jolt
Malt
Bolt
Walt
Exalt
Fault
Poult
Vault
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