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Word entry · 5 letters

vault

Best crossword clue

"Leap or strong room"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /vɒlt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted altuvStarts with VEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of jumping over an obstacle

Word origin

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”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.

Used in a sentence

  • The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
  • the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
  • The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.

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