VAULT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of vault in English
vault noun [C]
(ARCH )
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vault noun [C]
(ROOM )
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(Definition of vault from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of vault
vault
With the determination of these centre-points, we have all the information needed to construct the vaults.
Here, an approach is developed specifically to the study of arches and vaults.
The church vaulting runs on the axis of the altar, so it is seen externally on the most important west and east ends.
The roof rests directly on the church vaults.
The rectangular vaulting bays are mostly star vaulted in many different designs.
The vaulting shafts run up to the full height of the building.
The interior, though restored, is based on the original pattern, though with later vaults and enlarged clerestory windows.
The churches are wide and are generally vaulted.
Overall, the larva is less vaulted in lateral view.
There is an inner structure of barrel vaults, like spokes in a wheel and a facade of repeating bays.
Round arches are used throughout, as are barrel vaults.
Early ribbed vaults are quadripartite, that is, each bay is divided into four compartments by diagonal ribs.
Decorative bosses are superimposed at the intersections of all rib vaults.
In lateral view, larvae slightly and almost symmetrically vaulted; glabella and protopygidial axis inflated.
Furthermore, only the church vaults are left visible externally, for the other parts of the complex have more profane low-pitched coppercovered timber roofs.
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Translations of vault
in Chinese (Traditional)
拱, （尤指教堂或公共建築的）拱頂，穹頂, 房間…
in Chinese (Simplified)
拱, （尤指教堂或公共建筑的）拱顶，穹顶, 房间…
in Spanish
bóveda, cámara acorazada, cripta…
in Portuguese
abóbada, casa-forte, caixa-forte…
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
kasa dairesi, (kilise) mezar odası, sıçramak…
cave voûtée, chambre forte, caveau…
gewelf, kluis, grafkelder…
sklepení, trezor, hrobka…
ruangan besar, gudang bawah tanah, ruang kuburan keluarga…
หลังคาโค้ง, ห้องใต้ถุน, ที่ฝังศพของสกุล…
skarbiec, krypta, grobowiec…
källarvalv, kassavalv, gravvalv…
kekubah, bilik kebal, makam…
das Gewölbe, die Stahlkammer, die Gruft…
hvelv, kjeller, (bank)hvelv…
хранилище (в банке), склеп, перепрыгивать…
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