ribbed vault

Save This Word!

noun Architecture.

a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Also called rib vault.

Words nearby ribbed vault

ribat, ribavirin, ribband, ribbed and smoked sheet, ribbed-knit, ribbed vault, Ribbentrop, ribbing, Ribble, ribbon, ribbon copy

How to use ribbed vault in a sentence

After all, Kansas is as rock-ribbed a Republican state as they come.
Kansas Republicans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback Lifted by Rising Tide|Ben Jacobs|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was fronted by what looked like a heavily reinforced bank vault door.
Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research|Ridley Pearson|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are simply repositories of capital, like so many gold bars in the vault of a bank.
London’s Oligarch Ghost Town|Tom Sykes|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was, he writes, like “looking into the vault of the universe.”
Exploring the Amazon, While We Still Can|Darrell Hartman|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For decades, these fascinating recordings languished in the Cash Family vault, unheard and unremembered.
The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’|Andrew Romano|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(b) To open the Treasury vault, the presence of two persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury is required.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Each entry on the vault record book shall be signed by the persons having access to the safe.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
On the 18th fifty heavy shells, including 12-inch and 14-inch, dropped out of the blue vault of heaven on to the Anzacs.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Coloured shafts mapped the vault from horizon to zenith like the spokes of a prodigious wheel of fire.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Cautiously they began to go up into the dark vault of the upper house, the boards creaking under their weight.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories|Algernon Blackwood