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vaulted

[vawl-tid] Origin

vault·ed

[vawl-tid]
adjective
1.
constructed or covered with a vault, as a building or chamber.
2.
provided with a vault.
3.
resembling a vault: the vaulted sky.

Origin:
1525–35; vault1 + -ed2

un·der·vault·ed, adjective
un·vault·ed, adjective

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Vaulted is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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vault

1[vawlt]
noun
1.
an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction.
2.
an arched structure resembling a vault.
3.
a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, especially one located underground.
4.
an underground chamber, as a cellar or a division of a cellar.
5.
a room or compartment, often built of or lined with steel, reserved for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, especially such a place in a bank.
EXPAND
6.
a strong metal cabinet, usually fireproof and burglarproof, for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, important papers, etc.
7.
a burial chamber.
8.
Anatomy. an arched roof of a cavity.
9.
something likened to an arched roof: the vault of heaven.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
10.
to construct or cover with a vault.
11.
to make in the form of a vault; arch.
12.
to extend or stretch over in the manner of an arch; overarch: An arbor vaulted the path.
13.
to store in a vault: The paintings will be vaulted when the museum is closed.
verb (used without object)
14.
to curve or bend in the form of a vault.

Origin:
1300–50; (noun) alteration of Middle English voute < Old French vou(l)te, volte < Vulgar Latin *volvita, for Latin volūta, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin volvere to turn (see revolve); (v.) alteration of Middle English vouten < Old French vou(l)ter, volter, derivative of vou(l)te, volte

vault·like, adjective

vault

2[vawlt]
verb (used without object)
1.
to leap or spring, as to or from a position or over something: He vaulted over the tennis net.
2.
to leap with the hands supported by something, as by a horizontal pole.
3.
Gymnastics. to leap over a vaulting or pommel horse, using the hands for pushing off.
4.
to arrive at or achieve something as if by a spring or leap: to vault into prominence.
verb (used with object)
5.
to leap over: to vault a fence.
6.
to cause to leap over or surpass others: Advertising has vaulted the new perfume into first place.
noun
7.
the act of vaulting.
8.
a leap of a horse; curvet.
9.
Gymnastics. a running jump over a vaulting or pommel horse, usually finishing with an acrobatic dismount.

Origin:
1530–40; < French volte a turn and volter to turn, respectively < Italian volta (noun) and voltare (v.); see volt2

vault·er, noun


1. See jump.

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vault
"jump or leap over," 1531 (implied in vaulting), from M.Fr. volter "to gambol, leap," from It. voltare "to turn," from V.L. *volvitare "to turn, leap," frequentative of L. volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see vulva).
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