Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 2 compound words that contain vaults. The most common are listed below. Open vaults in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- barrel vaultsplural of barrel vault: A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.
- groin vaultsplural of groin vault: A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners
- double barrel vaultsplural of double barrel vault: A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners
- cross vaultsplural of cross vault: A groin vault.
- pole vaultsplural of pole vault: a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
- rib vaultsplural of rib vault: An architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs.
- sail vaultsplural of sail vault: A dome-shaped vault constrained to the square inscribed in the base circle.
- seed vaultsplural of seed vault: A place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed.
- star vaultsplural of star vault: A vault whose ribs radiate to form patterns reminiscent of stars
- virgin vaultsplural of virgin vault: A women-only college dormitory.
- wine vaultsplural of wine vault: A vault where wine is stored.
- ribbed vaultsplural of ribbed vault: A building structure created by an intersection of two or three vaults.
- cloister vaultsplural of cloister vault: A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.
- groined vaultsplural of groined vault: A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners
- necessary vaultsplural of necessary vault: An outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.
Compound words 2
- cryovaultsplural of cryovault: A chamber for cryogenic storage.
- overvaultsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overvault: To leap over.