NOUN | artifact | vault, burial vault | a burial chamber (usually underground) |
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artifact | vault, bank vault | a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | |
artifact | vault | an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof | |
act | vault, hurdle | the act of jumping over an obstacle | |
VERB | motion | vault, overleap | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) |
motion | vault | bound vigorously |
Sounds | vao'lt | |
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Rhymes | asphalt ... thunderbolt: 13 rhymes with aolt... |
Meaning | A burial chamber (usually underground). | |
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Synonym | burial vault | |
Narrower | charnel house, charnel | A vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
columbarium | A sepulchral / sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns | |
Broader | burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | A chamber that is used as a grave |
Spanish | bóveda, cripta, panteón | |
Catalan | cambra funerària, cripta, panteó |
Meaning | A strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables. | |
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Synonym | bank vault | |
Part of | bank, bank building | A building in which the business of banking transacted |
Broader | strongroom | A burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept |
Spanish | caja fuerte | |
Catalan | caixa forta |
Meaning | An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. | |
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Parts | lunette, fenestella | oval or circular opening |
Narrower | barrel vault | The simplest form of vault |
groined vault | Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles | |
ribbed vault | vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches | |
Broader | roof | A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
Spanish | bóveda | |
Catalan | volta |
Meaning | The act of jumping over an obstacle. | |
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Synonym | hurdle | |
Broader | jump, jumping | The act of jumping |
Spanish | salto | |
Catalan | salt | |
Verbs | vault | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) |
Meaning | Jump across or leap over (an obstacle) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | overleap | |
Narrower | hurdle | Jump a hurdle |
Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
Catalan | saltar | |
Nouns | vault | the act of jumping over an obstacle |
vaulter | an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | |
vaulting | a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down |
Meaning | Bound vigorously. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
Catalan | saltar | |
Nouns | vaulter | an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
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