noun🔗ShareAn arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building."The school's auditorium featured a beautiful stone vault, which created a high, impressive ceiling. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny arched ceiling or roof."The school gymnasium's high vault created a large, airy space. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAnything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves."The vast, dark vault of the cave echoed with the sound of dripping water. "architecturegeologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and church crypts."The old church had a beautiful vault beneath the altar, filled with ancient stone carvings. "architecturebuildingarchaeologyreligionpropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny cellar or underground storeroom."The old family home had a small vault in the basement for storing important documents. "architecturebuildingpropertyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny burial chamber, particularly those underground."Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries."architecturearchaeologyreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings."The bank kept their money safe in a large vault."propertybusinessfinancearchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA piece of apparatus used for performing jumps."The gym teacher demonstrated the correct form for using the vaulting vault. "sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus."The gymnast performed a powerful vault over the uneven bars. "sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn encrypted digital archive."The company's confidential sales data is stored in a secure vault. "computingtechnologyinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer."The old school building had a leaky vault, causing a nasty smell in the basement. "utilityarchitectureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit."The old school building had a leaky vault beneath the gymnasium, which made the basement damp and smelly. "utilityarchitecturepropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory."The old school building had a small vault behind the gym, used as a lavatory. "utilityarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo build as, or cover with a vault."The builders are vaulting the ceiling of the new school library with stone arches. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn act of vaulting, formerly by deer; a leap or jump."The deer made a powerful vault over the fence. "actionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn event or performance involving a vaulting horse."The gymnast's impressive vault earned her a perfect score. "sportentertainmenteventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo jump or leap over."The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape."actionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated)."The weekly staff meeting has a vault for re-reading important points. "musictimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA volte"The vault of the library's storage area contained many rare books. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet."The poem's vault came in the ninth line, where the speaker's feelings about their friend shifted dramatically. "literaturestylepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading