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vaulted

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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 arched walls and 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 voltus, past participle of volvere, to roll; see wel-2 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 as if by leaping suddenly or vigorously: vaulted into a position of wealth.
n.
The act of vaulting; a jump.

[Obsolete French volter, from Old French, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitre, frequentative of Latin volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

vaulter n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vaultedvaulted - having a hemispherical vault or dome
rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

vaulted
adjective arched, domed, cavernous, hemispheric the pillars soaring to the vaulted ceiling high above them
Translations
vaulted [ˈvɔːltɪd] ADJabovedado
vaulted
adj (Archit) → gewölbt
vaulted [ˈvɔːltɪd] adja volta
vaulted [ˈvɔːltɪd] adja volta


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Lebrun had painted on the vaulted ceiling the happy as well as the unhappy dreams which Morpheus inflicts on kings as well as on other men.
Put a flask of wine and the largest pipe in the little vaulted room behind the hall.
The room into which they entered was a vaulted chamber once nobly ornamented by cunning architects, and still retaining, in its beautiful groined roof and rich stone tracery, choice remnants of its ancient splendour.
 
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