vault
/vɔːlt/noun
उच्चारण वॉल्ट
तिजोरी, तहख़ाना
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[C]
a room with thick walls and a strong door, especially in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe
तिजोरी, तहख़ाना
- The gold is kept in the bank's vault.
- Jewels worth crores were locked in the bank's vault.
- The robbers broke into the bank vault at night.
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- Important papers are kept in a vault in the head office.
- The manager opened the vault with two separate keys.
Synonyms strongroom safe treasury repository depository
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[C]
a roof or ceiling in the form of an arch or a series of arches
मेहराबदार छत
- the vault of the old church
- Light from the high windows fell on the vault of the cathedral.
- The vault of the station hall is covered with blue tiles.
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- Pillars supported the high stone vault of the ancient hall.
- The ceiling forms a long vault over the main corridor.
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[C]
a room under a church or in a cemetery, used for burying people
(चर्च के नीचे) तहख़ाना, समाधि-कक्ष
- the family vault
- The old king was buried in a stone vault beneath the chapel.
- The family vault lies behind the old church.
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- The workers found a sealed vault under the floor of the chapel.
- Flowers were placed at the entrance of the vault.
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[C]
a jump over something using your hands or a pole to help you
छलाँग
- a pole vault
- The gymnast scored high marks for her vault.
- She won the gold medal with a perfect vault.
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- The athlete cleared the bar with a pole vault of five metres.
- A good vault needs speed, strength and balance.
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[I, T] ~ (over) sth
to jump over an object in a single movement, using your hands or a pole to push you
(हाथ या डंडे से) छलाँग लगाना
- He vaulted over the wall.
- The boy vaulted over the gate and ran into the garden.
- The thief vaulted the fence and ran down the lane.
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- She vaulted over the bar and landed safely on the mat.
- The little boy vaulted onto the wall to catch the kite.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Vault, with -au- and -lt (not 'volt', which is a unit of electricity).
Vault, -au- और अंत में -lt ('volt' गलत है, जो बिजली की इकाई है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart vault (strongroom, or jump) and volt (unit of electric force).
Vault (तिजोरी, या छलाँग) और volt (विद्युत बल की इकाई) को अलग रखिए।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A strong room in a bank is a vault or strongroom; an underground room in a church a crypt; a large tomb a mausoleum.
बैंक का मज़बूत कमरा vault या strongroom; चर्च के नीचे का तहख़ाना crypt; बड़ा मक़बरा mausoleum।
General knowledge
Sport: pole vault (jumping over a high bar using a long pole).
खेल में pole vault (लंबे डंडे से ऊँची छड़ के पार कूदना)।