| NOUN | artifact | vault, burial vault | a burial chamber (usually underground) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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