vault1 nounvault2 verb
vaultvault1 /vɔːlt $ vɒːlt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINvault1
ExamplesOrigin:
1-2, 4 1300-1400 Old French voute, from Vulgar Latin volvita ‘turn, vault’, probably from volvitare; ➔ VAULT23 1500-1600 ➔ VAULT2EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- a bank vault
- Apparently, the casket would fit down into the vault especially purchased to house it underground.
- Beneath the floor is the family vault of the Kolowrats.
- But how many generations of the women who had gone to her making had descended bandaged to the family vault?
- It is stone vaulted throughout, with massive piers to support the vaults.
- Just breathing, deep in a vault.
- The groined vault is carried on grouped piers.
- The willows had crowded closer to the shore, a swamp of them; their branches formed a vault.
WORD SETS► Buildings
Collocationsadjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► high
1a room with thick walls and a strong door where money, jewels etc are kept to prevent them from being stolen or damaged2a room where people from the same family are buried, often under the floor of a church3a jump over something4a roof or ceiling that consists of several arches that are joined together, especially in a church· As it was, some high vaults collapsed before towers were added, as at Beauvais.· The chapel has a high stone vault and is apsidal at one end.· The interior is in simple, brick design with high vaults and brick piers and marble columns.· All are lofty with high vaults supported by flying buttress schemes.
► ribbed· Only the interior ribbed vaults are Gothic, and the abundance of fine sculpture both on the exterior and inside.· The nave and choir have the usual Gothic ribbed vault but in the aisles the Piast vaulting can be clearly studied.· It is a five-aisled church, not of hall type, with a wide, lofty nave and ribbed vault.· Early ribbed vaults are quadripartite, that is, each bay is divided into four compartments by diagonal ribs.
NOUN► bank· He stated that supporting evidence was on a videotape stored in a New York bank vault.· It was part of the real treasure of mankind, more valuable than all the gold locked uselessly away in bank vaults.· The Third Reich seems to have been using it as a bank vault.· Do you have them locked away in a bank vault?· When used with style and not exclusively to breed one fortune from another in a bank vault, as these people do.
► barrel· It has a fine room with a barrel vault.· The naos has a painted barrel vault and the pro-naos a flat-timber roof.· The transepts have barrel vaults and the east end a semi-circular vault.· Churches on this pattern have barrel vaults and particularly fine nave porches with narthex in front.· The other four domes are supported in a like manner and short barrel vaults connect one dome to another.· The hall was covered by an intersecting barrel vault and was divided into three bays.· The Romanesque is of Transitional type, with wide pointed arches and barrel vault, a clerestory but no triforium.· Inside, the crossing piers are cut back and a wooden barrel vault extends across all four arms of the cross.
► pole· In 1908 he won an Olympic gold medal in the pole vault.· When he went to the pole vault, he had a little added adrenalin that put his steps off.· David Cox won the pole vault with a modest vault of 18-4 {.
vault1 nounvault2 verb
vaultvault2 verb Word OriginWORD ORIGINvault2
Verb TableOrigin:
1500-1600 Old French volter, from Vulgar Latin volvitare ‘to turn, jump’, from Latin volvere ‘to roll’VERB TABLE
vault
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | vault |
| he, she, it | vaults | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vaulted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vaulted |
| he, she, it | has vaulted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vaulted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vault |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vaulted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am vaulting |
| he, she, it | is vaulting | |
| you, we, they | are vaulting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was vaulting |
| you, we, they | were vaulting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vaulting |
| he, she, it | has been vaulting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vaulting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vaulting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vaulting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- He makes vaulting a five foot wall look easy.
- Jack vaulted over the railings.
- Stephan vaulted over the table and grabbed Gil by the throat.
- He clambered over a bench, vaulted over a nestle of children on the ground, and failed to dodge a pie-seller.
- He overlooked this fact: From its 1990 low to its 1997 high, Intel vaulted 2, 325 percent.
- The barbarian had vaulted down into the heather and had drawn the black sword, Kring.
- This jump would also vault Apple a generation or so past anything that its competitors were preparing.
THESAURUS► jump
1[transitive] (also vault over) to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: verb [intransitive, transitive] to push yourself up into the air, over something etc, using your legs: · The cat jumped up onto the table.· He jumped over the stream.· His horse jumped the fence successfully.
► skip verb [intransitive] to move forwards with little jumps between your steps, especially because you are feeling happy: · The little girl was skipping down the street.
► hop verb [intransitive] to jump or move around on one leg: · He was hopping around because he’d injured his foot.
► leap verb [intransitive, transitive] especially written to suddenly jump up high or a long way: · The deer leapt over the fence.· Tina leapt onto the boat as it was moving away.· Fish were leaping out of the water.
► bounce verb [intransitive] to jump up and down several times, especially on something that has springs in it: · Children love bouncing on beds.
► dive verb [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms first: · Zoë dived into the swimming pool.
► vault verb [intransitive, transitive] especially written to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: · He vaulted the ticket barrier and ran for the exit.· Ben tried to vault over the bar.
Longman Language Activatorto go over something by jumping► jump: jump over/across · The dog jumped the gate and ran away howling.· Ricky jumped across the stream and ran all the way home.· He raced down the garden and jumped over the wall.
► leap especially written to go over something with a long or high jump: · I leapt the fence to safety, leaving the dog snarling behind me.leap over/across: · The bartender leapt over the bar and tried to stop the fight.
► vault to jump over something, using your hands to help you: · He makes vaulting a five foot wall look easy.vault over: · Jack vaulted over the railings.
► clear to jump over something easily without touching it, especially in a race: · He cleared the first two obstacles, but hit the top of the third.· There was a sprinkling of applause as the horses cleared the last fence.
The robber vaulted over the counter and took $200 in cash.► see thesaurus at jump2[intransitive] to move quickly from a lower rank or level to a higher one SYN leapvault from/to On Sunday Michigan vaulted from No. 4 to the nation’s top team.