top to bottom: barrel, groin, and rib vaults
vault 1
(vôlt)n.
1.
a. An arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
b. An arched overhead covering, such as the sky, that resembles the architectural structure in form.
2. A room or space, such as a cellar or storeroom, with an arched ceiling, especially when underground.
3. A room or compartment, often built of steel, for the safekeeping of valuables: a bank vault.
4. A burial chamber, especially when underground.
5. Anatomy An arched part of the body, especially the top part of the skull.
tr.v. vault·ed, vault·ing, vaults
1. To construct or supply with an arched ceiling; cover with a vault.
2. To build or make in the shape of a vault; arch.
[Middle English vaute, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *volvita, volta, from feminine of *volvitus, arched, alteration of Latin volūtus, past participle of volvere, to roll; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]
vault 2
(vôlt)v. vault·ed, vault·ing, vaults
v.tr.
To jump or leap over, especially with the aid of a support such as the hands or a pole.
v.intr.
1. To jump or leap, especially with the use of the hands or a pole.
2. To accomplish something suddenly or vigorously: vaulted into a position of wealth.
n.
1. The act of vaulting; a jump.
2. A piece of gymnastic equipment with an upholstered body used especially for vaulting. Also called vaulting horse.
[Obsolete French volter, from Old French, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitāre, frequentative of Latin volvere, to turn, roll; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]
vault′er n.
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vaulted
(ˈvɔːltɪd)adj
1. (Architecture) furnished with or as if with an arched roof
2. (Building) constructed in the shape of a vault
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| Adj. | 1. |  vaulted - having a hemispherical vault or domerounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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vaulted
adjective arched, domed, cavernous, hemispheric the pillars soaring to the vaulted ceiling high above them
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Translations
ذو سَقْفٍ مَعْقودمُقَبَّب، مُقَنْطَر
klenutý
hvælvet
boltozatos
hvelfdur, meî hvelfingu
klenutý
kemer çatılıkemerli
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vaulted
adj (Archit) → gewölbt
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vault1
(voːlt) noun1. (a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling. the castle vaults.
2. an underground room, especially for storing valuables. The thieves broke into the bank vaults.
3. a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family. He was buried in the family vault.
ˈvaulted adjective1. (of a roof or ceiling) arched.
2. (of a building etc) having an arched roof or ceiling.
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