vault of heaven

1. 1.

   the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

   Synonymscelestial spheresphereempyreanfirmamentheavenswelkin

   Broadersurface

   Partsapexcelestial pointnadirzenithzodiac

Questions about vault of heaven

What does vault of heaven mean?

vault of heaven means "the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected".

What is another word for vault of heaven?

Close synonyms include celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens. 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 of heaven a common word?

vault of heaven is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.