vaulted
vaulted is the simple past and past participle of vault.
Meaning of vault
Verb (1)
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- To build as, or cover with a vault.
- The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
- To store in a vault.
- To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
- In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted.2018 August 31, Steven Asarch, “'Fortnite' Developer Update 5.40: Storm Destruction, Revolver in Vault”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
Verb (2)
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
Adjective
vaulted (comparative more vaulted, superlative most vaulted)
- Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.
- It was a large vaulted apartment, and had been once a chapel: but it was now half library, half laboratory.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 10
Forms of vaulted
| comparative | more vaulted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vaulted |
Words formed from vaulted
Questions about vaulted
- What does vaulted mean?
- Vaulted means of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.
- What is vaulted the simple past and past participle of?
- Vaulted is the simple past and past participle of vault.
- What part of speech is vaulted?
- Vaulted is an adjective.
Words near vaulted in the dictionary
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