Noun vault has 4 senses
  1. vault, burial vault - a burial chamber (usually underground)
    --1 is a kind of burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture
    --1 has particulars: charnel house, charnel; columbarium
  2. vault, bank vault - a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
    --2 is a kind of strongroom
    --2 is a part of bank, bank building
  3. vault - an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
    --3 is a kind of
    roof
    --3 has parts: lunette, fenestella
    --3 has particulars: barrel vault; groined vault; ribbed vault
  4. vault, hurdle - the act of jumping over an obstacle
    --4 is a kind of jump, jumping
    Derived form: verb vault1
,Verb vault has 2 senses
  1. vault, overleap - jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
    --1 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
    Derived forms: noun vault4, noun vaulter1, noun vaulting2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. vault - bound vigorously
    --2 is one way to
    jump, leap, bound, spring
    Derived form: noun vaulter1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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