vault of heaven
1vault of heaven — noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected • Syn: ↑celestial sphere, ↑sphere, ↑empyrean, ↑firmament, ↑heavens, ↑welkin • Derivationally related forms: ↑firmamental …
2vault of heaven — sky, heavens …
3heaven — (n.) O.E. heofon home of God, earlier sky, firmament, probably from P.Gmc. *hibin , dissimilated from *himin (Cf. Low Ger. heben, O.N. himinn, Goth. himins, O.Fris. himul, Du. hemel, Ger. Himmel heaven, sky ), perhaps from PIE root *kem /*kam …
4vault — Synonyms and related words: Caelus, Fort Knox, Highland fling, air, anabasis, and jump, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archives, archway, armory, arsenal, ascend, ascension, ascent, attic, azure, bank, barrow, basement, bay, beehive… …
5vault — vault1 vaultlike, adj. /vawlt/, n. 1. an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction. 2. an arched structure resembling a… …
6heaven — Synonyms and related words: Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Caelus, Canaan, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never Never land,… …
7vault — I [[t]vɔlt[/t]] n. 1) archit. an arched structure, usu. of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof 2) archit. a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, esp. one located underground 3) archit. cv a… …
8vault — I. /vɔlt / (say vawlt), /vɒlt / (say volt) noun 1. an arched structure, commonly made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction. 2. an arched space,… …
9vault — n. & v. n. 1 a an arched roof. b a continuous arch. c a set or series of arches whose joints radiate from a central point or line. 2 a vaultlike covering (the vault of heaven). 3 an underground chamber: a as a place of storage (bank vaults). b as …
10heaven — noun 1) the good will have a place in heaven Syn: paradise, nirvana, Zion; the hereafter, the next world, the next life, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Valhalla; literary the empyrean Ant: hell, purgatory 2) …
