Vault

Definition: Vault

Vault

Noun

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 vaulting.

Verb

1. Jump across or leap over (an obstacle).

2. Bound vigorously.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "vault" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Finance

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Public Administration

Weather

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Vault

Curvature

Carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary, festoon; conchoid, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.

Interment

Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence.

Leap

Verb: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk; (amusement); jump about; (agitation); trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Noun: leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation.

Receptacle

Attic, loft, garret, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom; (depository); lumber room; dairy, laundry.

Store

Storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank; (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie.

Treasury

Noun: treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper; cash register, kutcherry, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest;(receptacle); safe; bank vault; depository; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie.

World

Heavens, sky, welkin, empyrean; starry cope, starry heaven, starry host; firmament; Midgard; supersensible regions; varuna; vault of heaven, canopy of heaven; celestial spaces.

Crosswords: Vault

You can unlock the vault, can't you (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart)

I have a question, say we get into the cage, and through the security doors there and down the elevator we can't move, and passed the guards with the guns, and into the vault we can't open (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)

Usual vault rules apply: Touch not, lest ye be touched (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Now what's to stop her from walking into a bank vault, or the White House, or (X-Men; writing credit: Tom DeSanto; Bryan Singer)

That 2000 vault we breaking the lock (Will2K; performing artist: Will Smith)

The Vault of Horror (1973)

Man in the Vault (1956)

The Screened Vault (1917)

Vault of Horror I (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Bone Vault (reference)

• The Family Vault (reference)

• Vault Guide to Finance Interviews (reference)

• Vault Guide to the Top 50 Finance Employers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Vault (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Grateful Dead - View From the Vault (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• One From the Vault [LIVE] (reference)

• Two From the Vault [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• VAULT (reference)

• Handango Vault (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Olympic Stadium. Crowd scene. Pole vault. Credit: CDC.

Staff at the National Seed Storage Laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, preserve more than 1 million samples of plant germplasm. Here, technician Jim Bruce retrives a seed sample from the -18 ºC storage vault for testing. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Caption: Tour Group Outside Bldg. 5; Vault 8 and Bldg. 1 Are at Right; West Orange, NJ; November 9, 1965; {12.450/172} (jpg).

Interior of vault in Mt. Olivet, (cemetery, Washington, D.C.)--L'Enfant's remains were here. Credit: Library of Congress.

Monument to President Madison erected at Montpelier, Va. The appearance of the vault and remains of President Madison, exposed in digging the foundation of the monument. Credit: Library of Congress.

25-ton door, safe deposit vault, main office, Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Safe deposit vault, Temple Place branch, Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Decorations on side of family burial vault in cemetery at New Roads, Louisiana on All Saints' Day. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior of safe deposit vault in small bank. Ray, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress.

First Suffolk National Bank, Huntington, Long Island. Vault. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The great vault brightened, like the dome of an immense lamp

We shall open the vault, let down the coffin, and close the vault again

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Leading brand names in the market are Mosler, American Vault, and Schwab. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "vault": astride vault ♦ back vault ♦ bank vault ♦ barrel vault ♦ burial vault ♦ cellar vault ♦ cloister vault ♦ Coved vault ♦ cradle vault ♦ Cylindrical vault ♦ face vault ♦ family vault ♦ gate vault ♦ groined vault ♦ pole vault ♦ rampant vault ♦ rear vault ♦ reins of a vault ♦ ribbed vault ♦ safe deposit vault ♦ safety deposit vault ♦ safety vault ♦ sepulchral vault ♦ springing of a vault ♦ squat vault ♦ stellar vault ♦ the blue vault ♦ treasure vault ♦ vault cap ♦ vault light ♦ vault of heaven ♦ Vault Ribonucleoprotein Particles ♦ wagon vault ♦ wine vault. Additional references.

Beginning with "vault": vault-like.

Ending with "vault": barrel-vault, double-vault, flank-vault, pole-vault, timber-vault.

Albanian

zgavër (cavity, hole, hollow, Lacuna, socket, trough), qemer (arch, archway, lintel), kupolë (cupola, roof), kupë qiellore (concave, dome, firmament, heaven, hemisphere), kube (cupola, dome, ossuary, tholepin, vaulting), kapërcej (bypass, climb over, cross, exceed, fight off, get over, go one better than, hop, lap, leap, leave out, miss out, outdo, overbalance, overcome, overmaster, overpower, span, surmount, transcend, turn), kërcim (bounce, bouncing, bound, caper, dance, fly, footer, gambade, gambado, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, rebound, skip, spring), kërcej nga kali, i jap formë kubeje, hidhem (bounce, bound, caper, dash, Frisk, hop, jig, jounce, jump, launch, leap, lunge, peg, pounce, skip, spring, Wade). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مدفن (cemetery, graveyard), ‏قفز (bound, flier, gambol, glove, hop, jump, jump out, leap, leapfrog, leaping, leapt, lope, pop, skip, spring, start up), ‏قنطرة (arch), ‏قنطر, ‏قبو (cellar, dungeon), ‏وثبة (dart, gamba, leap, leaping, onrush, pounce, prance, rebound, skip, start), ‏وثب (bounce, bound, clear, dance, gambol, rebound, skip, skipping, spring, start up), ‏سرداب (cellar, crypt, passages), ‏عقد قنطري (arch), ‏عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vaulting, writing), ‏القبة الزرقاء (expanse), ‏السماء (blue, canopy, empyrean, firmament, sky). (various references)

Bulgarian 

прескок, подземие (crypt), подземен склад, подземна гробница (catacomb), подскачам опирайки се на нещо, правя във форма на свод, изба (cellar, dive), прескачане (intermission, jump, leaping, vaulting), свод (anticline, arch, archway, concave, cope, cove, dome, vaulting), мазе (basement, cellar), гробница (bone-yard, crypt, feretory, monument, ossuary, sepulchre, tomb), купол (baptistery, boss, cupola, dome, umbrella), трезор (strong room), слагам купол над, слагам свод над, прескачам опирайки се на нещо. (various references)

Chinese 

穹顶, 撐竿跳 . (various references)

Czech

trezor (safe, strong room, strongbox), skok (bound, dash, Dido, dive, hop, jump, leap, look in, prance, spring), sklepení, přeskok, přeskoèit (hurdle, jump, leap, overleap, skip), překlenout (bridge, cope, heal, span), krypta (crypt, undercroft), klenba (arch, canopy, roof, vaulting), hrobka (crypt, sepulcher, tomb). (various references)

Danish

hvælving (dishing, fornix, pressing), boksafdeling (safe deposit vault, safety deposit vault, strong room). (various references)

Dutch

gewelf (arch, dome, vaulted ceiling), bol (ball, ball-bearing, bulb, dome, globe, sphere, vaulted ceiling). (various references)

Esperanto

volbo (dome, vaulted ceiling). (various references)

Faeroese

hválv (dome, vaulted ceiling). (various references)

Farsi 

پریدن (Bounce, Hip, Jump, Nip, Spout, Spring, Stow, Tumble), مغاره , هلال طاق , قپه (Stud), گنبدیاطاق درست کردن , گنبد (Cupola, Dome), غار (Cave, Cavern, Crypt, Den, Grotto), سردابه (Crypt), طاق (Arc, Arch, Azygos, Roof), جهش (Braid, Caper, Jump, Lunge, Mutation, Pounce, Spurt, Startle), جست زدن . (various references)

Finnish

holvihauta (tomb), holvi (furnace roof, roof), holvata (arch), hautaholvi (crypt, tomb). (various references)

French

voûte (vaulted ceiling, vaulting). (various references)

German

Gewölbe (arch, arches, cove, dome, roof, vaulting, vaults), Tresorraum (safe deposit, strongroom), Tresor (safe, strongroom, treasure). (various references)

Greek 

κρύπτη (cache, crypt, hiding place), κάβα (cellar, wine cellar), κατασκευάζω θόλον, πηδώ (bound, curvet, hop, hurdle, jump, leap, learn, skip, spring), πήδημα (bounce, bound, hop, jump, leap, saltation, shock, skip, spring, vaulting), υπόγειο (basement, bellow stairs, cellar, rathskeller), αποθήκη (bin, cellar, depository, hutch, promptuary, repository, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse), Θησαυροφυλάκιο (safe deposit vault, safety deposit vault, strong room), θόλοσ (arch, canopy, cupola, dome, vaulting), θόλος (arch, dome). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקמר (arch, convexity), מרתף (basement, cellar, dungeon), לקפוץ מעל, קמור (arched, arching, camber, convex, vaulted), קמרון (dome), קשת (arc, arch, bow, rainbow), חנות (cell, drugstore, shop, store), כפה (arch, cap, cupola, dome, knoll, skullcap). (various references)

Hungarian

pince (basement, cellar), boltozat (concave, cove, dome, vaulting), boltív (arch, cove). (various references)

Italian

volta (arch, archway, phrase, piece, roof, time, turn, vaulted). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

金庫 (provider of funds, safe, treasury), 円蓋 (cupola, dome). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きんこ (confinement, early modern age, imprisonment, now and anciently, provider of funds, safe, treasury), かねぐら (provider of funds, safe, treasure house, treasury), えんがい (cover, cupola, dome, salt tax, salt-air damage, smoke pollution). (various references)

Korean 

둥근 천장. (various references)

Manx

shamyr hickyr, lheimyragh (bounce, frisk, hop, jumping, leap, long jump, pounce, spring, vaulting), lheim laue (handspring), lheim (bounce, bound, buck, embrace, flush, hop, jump, leap, leaping, limp, lope, pounce, spring, start, tup; jumping), cur aae er (arch), aae (arch, archway, ford). (various references)

Pig Latin

aultvay.(various references)

Portuguese

abóbada (arched roof, cope, vaulted ceiling). (various references)

Romanian

voltã, tainiţã, salt (bounce, bound, caper, dive, Frisk, gambol, header, hop, jump, leap, resilience, saltation, skip, spring, start, vaulting), sãriturã cu prãjinã (pole jump, pole vault), sãri cu prãjina, pivniţã (cave, cellar), criptã (crypt), cavou (repository, tomb), bolti (arch, overarch), boltã (alcove, arch, canopy, dome, roof), arc (arc, arch, bow, curve, limb, prop, spring). (various references)

Russian 

склеп (burial vault, charnel house, charnel-house, crypt, ossuary, repository), свод (anticline, arch, camera, cupola, summa, vaulting), покрывать сводом (overarch), погреб (cellar), подвал (basement, cellar), перепрыгивать хранилище;склеп. (various references)

Scottish

cromadh an speur (phr. vault of the sky). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zasvoditi (arch, overarch), svod (arch, dome), skočiti (dive, go up, jump, leap, plunge, rally, spring), preskočiti (jump, leap, omit, overjump, overleap, skip, spring), pokriti svodom, luk (arc, bend, bow, drawing bow, onion, sinuosity), grobnica (crypt, mausoleum, repository, sepulchre, sepulture, tomb). (various references)

Spanish

bóveda (arch, conch, dome). (various references)

Swedish

valv (arch, cope, span), hopp (bounce, Frisk, hop, hope, hopes, jump, jumps, leap, skip). (various references)

Turkish

yüksek atlama (high jump, pole jump, pole vault), tonoz, sırıkla atlamak (pole jump, pole vault), sıçramak (bounce, bound, buck, capriole, cavort, gambol, hop, jerk, jink, jump, leap, leap up, skip, skitter, spatter, splash, splatter, splutter, spring, sputter, squirt, start up, take off), sıçrama (bounce, bouncing, bound, caper, capriole, gambol, hop, jump, jumping, leap, rush, saltation, skip, skipping, splash, spring, springing, start, take off, vaulting), mezar (bed, burial place, grave, rest, sepulcher, sepulchre, tomb), mahzen (cellar, cistern, repository), kubbe (canopy, cupola, dome, vaulting), kasa dairesi, engel atlamak, atlamak (arc, arc over, dive, elide, grasp at, hop, hop on, jump, leap, leave out, miss out, omit, skip, snatch at), atlama (crossover, dive, hop, jump, jumping, leap, omission, skip, skipping, spring, take off, vaulting), üzerinden atlamak (fly, leap, leap over). (various references)

Ukrainian

сховище (accommodation, citadel, cover, covert, coverture, depository, depot, garner, haven, hide out, hold, housing, repertory, warehouse), стрибати (bounce, bound, caper, cavort, dance, gambol, hop, jump, leap, lope, skip, spring), склепіння (arc, arch, barrel, camera, cove, coving, vaulting), небозвід (arch, round), згинатися (bend down, crook, curve, double up, hog), будувати склепіння, підвал. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vòm (cope, cupola), mái vòm. (various references)

Welsh

beddgell (catacomb). (various references)

nir-gam. (various references)

apsis, camaram, camera, cameram, cortina, cortinae, cortinam, cortinarum, cortinas, crypta, fornicem. (various references)

cantina. (various references)

voute. (various references)

volter. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "vault": vaulted, vaulter, vaulters, vaultier, vaultiest, vaulting, vaultingly, vaultings, vaults, vaulty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Vault" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avulte, jault, mault, tault, valt, valu, valut, valuta, vaot, vau, vauel, vaul, vaule, vaust, vautt, veut, vilt, viuit, vould, voult, Vulg, vult. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ulva, vatu.

-2 letters: alt, lat, lav, luv, tau, tav, uta, vat, vau.

-3 letters: al, at, la, ta, ut.

+1 letter: valuta, vatful, vaults, vaulty.

+2 letters: ovulate, valuate, valutas, vatfuls, vaulted, vaulter, victual, virtual, vulgate, vulvate.

+3 letters: cultivar, eluviate, evaluate, eventual, outcavil, outrival, outvalue, ovulated, ovulates, valuated, valuates, valuator, vaulters, vaultier, vaulting, vauntful, vestural, victuals, vulgates.

+4 letters: autoclave, avirulent, cultivars, cultivate, devaluate, eluviated, eluviates, emulative, evaluated, evaluates, evaluator, laudative, lucrative, outcavils, outrivals, outvalued, outvalues, oviductal, ovulating, ovulation, ovulatory, revaluate, revictual, univalent, vacuolate, valuating, valuation, valuators, vaultiest, vaultings, victualed, victualer, virtually, voluntary, vulgarest, vulgarity.