vault

1. 1.

   a burial chamber (usually underground)

   Synonymsburial vault

   Broaderburial chamber

   Narrowercharnel housecolumbarium
2. 2.

   a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables

   Synonymsbank vault

   Broaderstrongroom

   Part ofbank
3. 3.

   an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

   Broaderroof

   Narrowerbarrel vaultgroined vaultribbed vault

   Partslunette
4. 4.

   the act of jumping over an obstacle

   Synonymshurdle

   Broaderjump

1. 1.

   jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

   Synonymsoverleap

   Broaderjump

   Narrowerhurdle
2. 2.

   bound vigorously

   Broaderjump

Other forms of vault

plural

vaults·

past tense

vaulted·

present participle

vaulting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vault

What does vault mean?

vault means "a burial chamber (usually underground)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vault?

vault has 1 syllable: vault. In IPA it is /ˈvɔlt/.

What is another word for vault?

Close synonyms include burial vault, bank vault, hurdle, overleap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vault a common word?

vault is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.