vault
[noun]
Synonyms:
- strongroom, depository, repository
- crypt, catacomb, cellar, charnel house, mausoleum, tomb, undercroft
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[verb]
jump, bound, clear, hurdle, leap, spring

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Related Words: upleap, upspring, overjump, overleap, clear, rise, soar, ascend, mount, surmount

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English Thesaurus: jump, skip, hop, leap, bounce, ...

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I. vault¹ /vɔːlt $ vɒːlt/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1-2, 4: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: voute, from Vulgar Latin volvita 'turn, vault', probably from volvitare; ⇒ vault²]
[Sense 3: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: ⇒ vault²]

1. a room with thick walls and a strong door where money, jewels etc are kept to prevent them from being stolen or damaged

2. a room where people from the same family are buried, often under the floor of a church

3. a jump over something

4. a roof or ceiling that consists of several arches that are joined together, especially in a church

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II. vault² verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: volter, from Vulgar Latin volvitare 'to turn, jump', from Latin volvere 'to roll']

1. [transitive] (also vault over) to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you:
The robber vaulted over the counter and took $200 in cash.

2. [intransitive] to move quickly from a lower rank or level to a higher one Synonym : leap
vault from/to
On Sunday Michigan vaulted from No. 4 to the nation’s top team.

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vault
noun
I. strong, underground room
ADJ. secure | bank, museum | treasure
VERB + VAULT keep/store sth in
PREP. in a/the ~ The jewels were kept in a bank vault.

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vault
II. room under a church where dead people are buried
ADJ. burial, family, royal
VERB + VAULT bury sb in She is to be buried in the family vault.

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jump verb [intransitive and transitive] to push yourself up into the air, over something etc, using your legs:
The cat jumped up onto the table.
He jumped over the stream.
His horse jumped the fence successfully.
skip verb [intransitive] to move forwards with little jumps between your steps, especially because you are feeling happy:
The little girl was skipping down the street.
hop verb [intransitive] to jump or move around on one leg:
He was hopping around because he’d injured his foot.
leap verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to suddenly jump up high or a long way:
The deer leapt over the fence.
Tina leapt onto the boat as it was moving away.
Fish were leaping out of the water.
bounce verb [intransitive] to jump up and down several times, especially on something that has springs in it:
Children love bouncing on beds.
dive verb [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms first:
Zoë dived into the swimming pool.
vault /vɔːlt $ vɒːlt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you:
He vaulted the ticket barrier and ran for the exit.
Ben tried to vault over the bar.
go into a dive (=start to move downwards)
The plane was in trouble, then it went into a dive.
pull out of a dive (=stop a plane going down)
He tried to pull out of the steep dive before hitting the ground.
a steep dive (=going down suddenly)
The fighter plane went into a steep dive.
a vertical dive (=going straight down)
His actions sent the plane into a near vertical dive.
a shallow dive (=going down slowly rather than suddenly)
The bird captures its prey on the ground after a long, shallow dive.
bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks:
A man went into a bar and ordered a drink.
Let’s meet up in the hotel bar.
The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants.
The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served:
Do you fancy going to the pub?
a country pub
public house British English formal a pub:
The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to:
The Red Lion’s my local.
inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub:
The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century.
The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food:
a gastropub with a riverside restaurant
the Windmill Gastropub
tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs:
the Turf Tavern
Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink:
The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists.
What’s your favorite watering hole?
honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played:
They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax:
I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West.
Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?

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