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# vault

noun (a vault, vaults); verb (vault, vaults, vaulted, vaulting)

«vault» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vault is a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure safe, as in a bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#m1)
2. A vault is a room under a church or building, sometimes used for burying people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#m2)
3. A vault is an arched roof or ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#m3)
4. To vault is to jump over something, pushing off with your hands or with a pole; a vault is that jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#m4)
5. To vault can also mean to jump up onto something, such as a horse, using your hands to push off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#m5)

### In the lessons

In PE and gymnastics, pupils vault over a vaulting box or horse; in athletics there is the pole vault. In stories, robbers try to break into a bank vault full of gold. In history, old churches have vaulted ceilings. Phrases: «bank vault», «pole vault», «vault over», «vaulting box».

### Examples

- The gold was kept in a bank vault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x1)
- She vaulted over the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x2)
- In gymnastics, we jumped over the vault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x3)
- The pole vault champion cleared a high bar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x4)
- The church had a high stone vault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x5)
- The robbers could not open the vault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x6)
- He placed his hands on the box and vaulted over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x7)
- Jose thanked him, and vaulting on his horse they rode on to the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: vaulted, vaulting. Spelt -ault (the l is pronounced). The «pole vault» uses a long flexible pole. Do not confuse with «fault».

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means an underground tomb or burial chamber. Isaiah criticizes people who sit in graves and vaults, which was a pagan practice.

**Interpretation.** Because the dead make a person ritually impure, the tradition reads this as a sharp warning against idol worship and impure rites.

### Examples

- That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; (Prophets ISA.65.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vault/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: vaulted, vaulting. Spelt -ault (the l is pronounced). The «pole vault» uses a long flexible pole. Do not confuse with «fault».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vault» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vault» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vault.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vault» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vault/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vault» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vault.html) on Mova free.