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See vault in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: vault. Definition of vault verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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(UK) IPA(key): /vɒlt/, /vɔːlt/(US) IPA(key): /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/Rhymes: -ɔːlt, -ɒltHomophone: volt (in some accents)From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”). Doublet of volute.
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
From Longman Business Dictionary vault1 /vɔːltvɒːlt/ noun [ countable] (also vaults) [ plural] part of a bank or other organization where money is kept safely More than $425 million currently sit in vaults in the Treasury Department. → bonded vault vault2 verb [ intransitive, transitive] to move into a higher or more successful position ...
What does the verb vault mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb vault , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
5 days ago · British English: vault VERB / vɔːlt / If you vault something or vault over it, you jump quickly onto or over it, especially by putting a hand on top of it to help you balance while you jump. He could easily vault the wall.
a special room in a bank where money, jewellery, and other valuable objects are kept. vault noun [C] (IN A CHURCH) a room under a church where people are buried. vault. verb [ I, T ] uk / vɔːlt / us. to jump over something by first putting your hands on it: Rick vaulted the gate and ran off. See also. pole vault.
