Another word for vault
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Noun
A burial place or receptacle for human remains
- A grave or other place of burial.
- A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
- A monument commemorating the dead.
- The act of interment; burial.
- A sepulcher.
- A burial vault.
- A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
- To place into a sepulcher; inter.
- A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
- A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- A gloomy, usually large room or building.
- An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
- A place of burial.
- Death or extinction:
- An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
- A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.
- A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body.
- An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
- An underground, often labyrinthine passageway.
The act of jumping
- To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap:
- To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring:
- To start doing something suddenly:
- To propel oneself quickly upward or a long way; spring or jump:
- To move quickly or suddenly:
- To change quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another:
- To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
- To move suddenly and in one motion:
- To move involuntarily, as in surprise:
Verb
To move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet
- To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap:
- To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring:
- To start doing something suddenly:
- To propel oneself quickly upward or a long way; spring or jump:
- To move quickly or suddenly:
- To change quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another:
- To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
- To move suddenly and in one motion:
- To move involuntarily, as in surprise:
- A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
- A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
- A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
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Another word for vault
Noun
A place for the dead
- A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.
- A handbarrow.
- A wheelbarrow.
- A pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris heaped for protection or concealment.
- A natural elevation, such as a small hill.
- A group of things collected in a mass or heap:
- An ancient grave mound; a barrow.
- A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
- An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
- The shaft of a mine.
- An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
- An underground, often labyrinthine passageway.
- A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
- A burial vault.
- A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
- To place into a sepulcher; inter.
- An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
- A place of burial.
- Death or extinction:
- An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
- A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.
- A grave or other place of burial.
- A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
- A monument commemorating the dead.
See also:A place for preserving valuables
- Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
- Not exposed to the threat of danger or harm:
- Usable in specified conditions without being damaged. Often used in combination:
- A sealed container preserving articles and records of contemporary culture for perusal by scientists and scholars of the distant future.
- a fortified room used for the safekeeping of valuables
- A fireproof metal box, usually in a bank vault, for the safe storage of valuables.
Verb
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- A field event in which an athlete vaults over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole.
- A vault made with the aid of a long pole.
- To climb or ascend:
- To place oneself upon; get up on:
- To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
- To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
- To move suddenly and in one motion:
- To move involuntarily, as in surprise:
- To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap:
- To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring:
- To start doing something suddenly:
- To leap forward or upward; spring.
- To progress by forward leaps or springs.
- To bounce; rebound.
- Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
- Not obscured or darkened; bright:
- Easily seen through; transparent:
- A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
- A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
- A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
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