VAULT
Dictionary entry overview: What does vault mean?
• VAULT (noun)
The noun VAULT has 4 senses:
1. a burial chamber (usually underground)
2. a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
3. an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
4. the act of jumping over an obstacle
Familiarity information: VAULT used as a noun is uncommon.
• VAULT (verb)
The verb VAULT has 2 senses:
1. jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
2. bound vigorously
Familiarity information: VAULT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VAULT (noun)
Meaning:
A burial chamber (usually underground)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
burial vault; vault
Hypernyms ("vault" is a kind of...):
burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture (a chamber that is used as a grave)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vault"):
charnel; charnel house (a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited)
columbarium (a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns)
Meaning:
A strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bank vault; vault
Hypernyms ("vault" is a kind of...):
strongroom (and burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept)
Holonyms ("vault" is a part of...):
bank; bank building (a building in which the business of banking transacted)
Meaning:
An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vault" is a kind of...):
roof (a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building)
Meronyms (parts of "vault"):
fenestella; lunette (oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vault"):
barrel vault (the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch)
groined vault (two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles)
ribbed vault (vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches)
Meaning:
The act of jumping over an obstacle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hurdle; vault
Hypernyms ("vault" is a kind of...):
jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)
• VAULT (verb)
Meaning:
Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
vault; overleap
Hypernyms (to "vault" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vault"):
hurdle (jump a hurdle)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bound vigorously
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "vault" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
