Antonyms for vault
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : vawlt |
Phonetic Transcription : vɔlt |
Definition of vault
Origin :- "arched roof or ceiling," c.1300, vaute, from Old French voute "arch, vaulted roof," from Vulgar Latin *volta, contraction of *volvita, noun use of fem. of *volvitus, alteration of Latin volutus "bowed, arched," past participle of volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see volvox). The -l- appeared in English c.1400.
- noun depository
- verb jump over; span
- Only the cashier and Alan Porter knew that it was in the vault.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- With that he locked the vault, and returned to the upper air.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Arthur's answer was to put on his hat, and vault away with the paper.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- In a vault near that of Kilor's there is a great spool of it.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- We found the Regent dressing in the vault he used as his wardrobe.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- She saw Lee rise up, and with a hand on one of the hills, vault over it.
- Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
- But when they go to banquet and festival, then they move up the steep to the top of the vault of heaven.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
- And into what a heaven—a vault as of hell, sooty black, from which soot descended!
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- He saw him vault into the saddle, and he saw him vanish into the adjacent woods.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- And can he vault among swords, and turn upon a wheel, at his age?
- Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
Synonyms for vault
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