VAULT
\vˈɒlt], \vˈɒlt], \v_ˈɒ_l_t]\
Definitions of VAULT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
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a burial chamber (usually underground)
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jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
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an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
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bound vigorously
By Princeton University
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a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
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a burial chamber (usually underground)
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jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
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an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
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bound vigorously
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
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An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
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The canopy of heaven; the sky.
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A leap or bound.
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The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
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A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
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To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
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To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
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To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
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To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
By Oddity Software
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An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
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An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
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The canopy of heaven; the sky.
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A leap or bound.
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The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
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A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
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To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
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To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
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To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
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To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
By Noah Webster.
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A leap or bound.
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An arched roof: a chamber with an arched roof, esp. one underground: a cellar: anything vault-like: the bound of a horse: a jump.
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To shape as a vault: to arch: to roof with an arch: to form vaults in.
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To curvet or leap, as a horse: to leap: to exhibit feats of leaping or tumbling.
By Daniel Lyons
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A leap over a high barrier using the hands for support; an arched roof or ceiling; storage space, usually in a cellar; a prison; a cavern; a tomb; a steel room in a bank, etc., for the safe-keeping of valuables, such as jewels; the arch of heaven.
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To leap over; to shape as a vault; to arch.
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To leap, over a high barrier, especially by aid of the hands or a pole; to show feats of leaping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An arched roof; chamber with an arched roof; underground chamber; a leap.
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To arch; roof with an arch.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To form with an arched roof.
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An arched apartment or chamber; subterranean compartment; arched ceiling or roof.
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To leap, as with the aid of the hands.
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A springing leap, as one made with the aid of the hands or of a pole.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A continued arch, or an arched roof or ceiling; — an arched apartment, especially, a subterranean room used for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, and the like; a cell;—a cave; a cavern; a cellar;—a leap or bound; especially, the bound or leap of a home.
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