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/vɒlt/ · noun
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building..
The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’
His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
Had I your tongues and eyes, Il’d vſe them so, That Heauens vault ſhould crack: ſhe’s gone for euer.
The ſilent vaults of Death, vnknowne to Light; And Hell it ſelfe, lye naked to his ſight.
No bird flew in the blue vault of heaven, no man or beast moved upon the vast countryside which lay before us.
Use vault when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vault means An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building..
Common synonyms include bathroom, vaulting table, sepulchre, sepulcher.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
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