Noun
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an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
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roof a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
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barrel vault the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
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groined vault two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
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fenestella,
lunette oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
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the act of jumping over an obstacle
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hurdle |
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jumping,
jump the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
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a burial chamber (usually underground)
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burial vault |
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burial chamber,
sepulcher,
sepulchre,
sepulture a chamber that is used as a grave
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charnel,
charnel house a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
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a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
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bank vault |
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strongroom a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept
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Verb
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jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
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overleap |
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bound,
leap,
spring,
jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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hurdle jump a hurdle
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bound vigorously
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bound,
leap,
spring,
jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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