Thesaurus: vault

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1. n. An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
2. n. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
3. n. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
4. n. A leap or bound.
5. n. The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
6. n. A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
7. 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.
8. v. i. To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
9. n. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
10. n. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
11. n. a burial chamber (usually underground)
12. n. a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables