vault

n//vɑlt//

valv, bankvalv, kassavalv, hopp, gravvalv, krypta, hoppa, voltigera

  1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

  2. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

  3. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

  4. (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.

  5. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

  6. (often, figurative) Any archive of past content.

  7. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.

  8. (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.

  9. (ambitransitive) To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.

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