Word Meaning

vault definition and meaning

n. An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
n. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
n. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
n. A leap or bound.
n. The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
n. A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
v. t. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
v. i. To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
n. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
n. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Crossword clues for vault

- Arched roof
- Arched stone structure
- Athletic event: pole ...
- Bulk cash storage chamber
- Burial chamber
- Cellar
- Crypt
- Gymnastics event
- Jump over
- Leap over strongroom?
- underground space