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Plural of vault

regular plural

The plural of vault is vaults.

Forms of vault

Singularvault /vɒlt/
Pluralvaults
Countablecountable

Vaults in a sentence

  • Altar tombs were often placed over the vaults or burying-place, and frequently on the north and south walls of choirs, aisles, and chantry chapels.From the entry altar tomb
  • Mort-houses were solidly-built windowless vaults, with massive walls and heavy wooden and metal doors.2014, Alix Wood, “Mortsafes and Towers”, in Body Snatching (Why’d They Do That? Strange Customs of the Past), New York, N.Y.: Gareth…. From the entry mort-house
  • The article on CNN.com says the Treasury has $96 million in $2s in their vaults.2003 June 12, PossumTrot, “Treasury to Print More $2 Bills:)”, in rec.collecting.paper-money (Usenet), archived from the original on 22…. From the entry tom
  • The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 144. From the entry incubation
  • The perception that restaurant owners are out here Scrooge McDucking into vaults full of money—on the whole, that’s not the case.2019 November 27, Star Tribune, City Pages - 27 November 2019, page 13. From the entry Scrooge McDuck

Meaning of vault

  1. noun An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
  2. noun Any arched ceiling or roof.
  3. noun Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament.

Full definition of vault

Questions about the plural of vault

What is the plural of vault?
The plural of vault is vaults.
Is vault countable?
Vault is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vault (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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