vault
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
Inflected forms:
form: vaults
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vaults
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: vaulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: vaulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: vaulted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
pos: noun
examples: The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
gloss: Any arched ceiling or roof.
pos: noun
gloss: Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme:
Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts.
To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
Had I your tongues and eyes, Il’d vſe them so,
That Heauens vault ſhould crack: ſhe’s gone for euer.
The ſilent vaults of Death, vnknowne to Light;
And Hell it ſelfe, lye naked to his ſight.
No bird flew in the blue vault of heaven, no man or beast moved upon the vast countryside which lay before us.
God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’
gloss: The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
pos: noun
gloss: Any cellar or underground storeroom.
pos: noun
examples: to banish rats that haunt our vault
gloss: Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus
Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum
Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.
gloss: The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
pos: noun
examples: During the extreme civil disorder prior to January 22, 1976 in Beirut, Lebanon, a guerrilla force blasted the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Bab Idriss and cleared out safe deposit boxes with contents valued by former Finance Minister Lucien Dahadah at $50 million, and by another source at an "absolute minimum" of $20 million.
gloss: Any archive of past content.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
often
gloss: An encrypted digital archive.
pos: noun
gloss: A membraneless organelle found in most eukaryotic cells first identified in 1986.
pos: noun
gloss: An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
obsolete
gloss: To build as, or cover with a vault.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
gloss: To store in a vault.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
pos: verb
examples: In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted.
While vaulting some old content may turn off a few players, Bungie seems intent on bringing as many players under its tent as possible first.
Blizzard will vault the gorgeous Hanamura and other Assault maps from Overwatch's competitive mode when 'Overwatch 2' arrives.
While some mistakes have resulted in Riot pulling Agents in the past, those changes were always temporary. If Riot is set on having only seven maps in the "Valorant," that likely means Split isn't coming back and more maps will get vaulted in the future.
Derived words: sail vault
vaultlike
vault toilet
vault-worthy
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: свод
roman: svod
lang: Czech
word: klenba
lang: Danish
word: hvælving
lang: Dutch
word: welving
lang: Finnish
word: holvi
lang: Finnish
word: kaari
lang: French
word: voûte
lang: French
word: voute
lang: Georgian
word: კამარა
roman: ḳamara
lang: German
word: Gewölbe
lang: German
word: Wölbung
lang: Macedonian
word: свод
roman: svod
lang: Macedonian
word: а́рка
roman: árka
lang: Polish
word: sklepienie
lang: Portuguese
word: abóbada
lang: Romanian
word: cupolă
lang: Russian
word: свод
roman: svod
lang: Russian
word: а́рка
roman: árka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bogha
lang: Swedish
word: valv
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: طولوس
roman: tolos
lang: Czech
word: přeskokový stůl
lang: Danish
word: hest
lang: Finnish
word: hyppyarkku
lang: French
word: perche
lang: German
word: Sprungtisch
lang: German
word: Sprungpferd
lang: German
word: Pferd
lang: German
word: Bock
lang: Portuguese
word: mesa