vault

IPA: vˈɔɫt

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
Any arched ceiling or roof.
(figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
Any cellar or underground storeroom.
Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
(often figurative) Any archive of past content.
(computing) An encrypted digital archive.
(obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
(obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
(gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
(gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
(equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
(gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.

(transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
(video games) To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
(transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.

Examples of "vault" in Sentences

Sacramone finished first in vault at both the 2008 Olympic
She won silver medal in vault at the 2006 World Championships.
* And please be advised your doomsday seed vault is functioning perfectly.
ABC found footage from their vault from the day Epcot opened, watch it below.
Bill Clinton, as the southern governor most likely to vault from a statehouse to the White House.
The latest rumor to emerge from the lock-tight SATC 2 shooting vault is that Anthony and Stanford will get married.
The 1918 manor house, which has nearly 22,000 square feet and features a carriage house, walk-in vault and a koi pond, played a key part in Ms. Helmsley's federal tax-evasion conviction.
The K computer aims to once again vault the country to the top of the global supercomputer rankings with a system capable of tackling complex problems related to climate change and weather patterns.