vaulted

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adjective

Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of vault
adjectivevaulted (comparative more vaulted, superlative most vaulted)

comparative more vaulted · superlative most vaulted

  1. architectureOf 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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a hemispherical vault or dome

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian сводест
  • сводест (svodest)of a ceiling supported by arches
Catalan voltat
  • voltatof a ceiling supported by arches
Chinese Mandarin 拱形的
  • 拱形的of a ceiling supported by arches
Finnish holvattu
  • holvattuof a ceiling supported by arches
Irish stuach
  • stuachof a ceiling supported by arches
Spanish abovedado
  • abovedadoof a ceiling supported by arches
Turkish tonozlu
  • tonozluof a ceiling supported by arches

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APA

vaulted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaulted

MLA

“vaulted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaulted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vaulted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaulted.

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