vault

A strongly protected room where money and other valuable things are kept.

• The money is in the vault.
• Guards opened the bank vault each morning.
• The museum keeps its rare coins in underground vaults.

Similar words: strongroom

Common phrases: bank vault, secure vault, inside the vault

A room where dead people are buried, often below the ground.

• He was buried in the family vault.
• The old vault held three stone coffins.
• Workers discovered burial vaults beneath the church.

Similar words: burial chamber, crypt

Common phrases: burial vault, family vault, underground vault

A ceiling or roof with a curved, arch-like shape.

• A stone vault covered the hall.
• The church has a beautifully painted vault.
• Tall pillars supported the cathedral’s vaults.

Similar words: arched ceiling

Common phrases: stone vault, ribbed vault, vault above something, masonry vault

To jump over something, using a hand or foot on it for support.

• He vaulted over the fence.
• She vaulted the gate and ran away.
• Can you vault over that wall?

How to use it: vault over something (She vaulted over the low wall.)

Similar words: jump over, leap over

Common phrases: vault over something, vault a fence, vault the gate