vault
Because it is a word with a single syllable, vault is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofvault
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and church crypts.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
Example: "Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries."
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
Example: "The bank kept their money safe in a large vault."
- A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- An encrypted digital archive.
- An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
- A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- To build as, or cover with a vault.
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