vault

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  1. noun An arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
  2. noun An arched overhead covering, such as the sky, that resembles the architectural structure in form.
  3. noun A room or space, such as a cellar or storeroom, with arched walls and ceiling, especially when underground.
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  • Ham was puzzled A flame will exhaust the oxygen in this place very quickly, and hasten our death by suffocation You mean the vault is airtight Yes. —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • Each file in the vault is associated with a data card that contains information about that file. —  SolidWorks Blog
  • This having been communicated to the company, it was unanimously resolved to give the ghost another trial; and the clergyman called out in a loud voice to the supposed spirit, that the gentleman to whom it had promised to appear in the vault was about to repair to that place, where he claimed the fulfilment of its promise. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • Rubaut gave him a push, which showed that he was to follow the torch-bearer Through this vault was a passage, dark, wet, and slippery. —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
  • And so it went on for a year and a day At the end of that time the numberless casks in the vault were all full; the last to be filled being those labelled "Drinking-water Possible," and "Reservoirs Old Fruity On the last evening the old Witch was in high spirits. —  More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme
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cavern ·  dome ·  chamber ·  tomb ·  arch ·  cellar ·  chapel ·  corridor ·  tower ·  staircase ·  gallery ·  pillar

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vault:   vaulting ·  vaults ·  vaulted
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  1. 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-2 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Obsolete French volter, from Old French, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitāre, frequentative of Latin volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. With inserted l (as also in fault), in imitation of the orig. form; early mod.English vaut, vaute, vawte. also vout, from Middle English vawte, voute, vowte, vowt, from Old French voute, volte, later voulte, French voûte (= Provencal volta, vouta, vota = Italian volta), a vault, arch, vaulted roof, from volt, vout, bowed, arched, from Latin volūtus (later *volŭtus, later *voltus), past participle of volvere, turn around, roll: see volve, volute.
  2. from Middle English vouten, from Old French vouter; from the noun.
  3. from French volte, from Italian volta, a turn, leap, vault, from Latin volūta (later *volŭta, later *volta), feminine of volutus, past participle of volvere, turn: see volve. Cf. vault.
  4. Early modern English also vaute; from vault, n.
 

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