vaultingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈvɒl.tɪŋ/us/ˈvɑːl.t̬ɪŋ/arches that support a ceiling or room:
After the explosion, nothing of the walls or vaulting remained intact.
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Parts of buildings: arches, columns & beams
- arch
- architrave
- archway
- beam
- capital
- colonnade
- column
- corbel
- Corinthian
- Doric
- Ionic
- joist
- keystone
- pedestal
- pillar
- plinth
- portico
- truss
- vault
- vaulted
vaultingadjective
uk/ˈvɒl.tɪŋ/us/ˈvɑːl.t̬ɪŋ/vaulting ambition
disapproving a strong wish to be extremely successful, powerful, rich, etc. and a belief that this is more important than anything else:
He sacrificed his marriage to his vaulting political ambition.
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Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- inclination
- longing
- lust
- thirst
- urge
- whim
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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