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vaultful of secrets

vaultful of secrets

8.1
A large number of hidden facts and stories kept private
  • noun
  • Literature
translation icon : un sinfín de secretos
  • She guarded her vaultful of secrets for years, never telling a soul about her past.

Examples

  • The political party seemed to have a vaultful of secrets ready to burst open after the scandal.

  • She discovered a vaultful of secrets in her grandmother's diary.

  • Each diary entry hinted at a vaultful of secrets hidden deep within his mind.

  • The old mansion held a vaultful of secrets.

  • The old mansion was rumored to contain a vaultful of secrets that could change everything about the town's history.

  • After years of silence, she finally revealed a vaultful of secrets that had been hidden from her family.

  • The documentary unveiled a vaultful of secrets about the city's past that surprised many viewers.

Synonyms

secreta
vsvaultful of secrets
  • Archaic
9.9

Private hidden things that people do not tell others

focuses on a very large number kept closely guarded

How Many

vaultful of secrets
  • Literature
8.1
secret
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

vaultful of secrets singular
vaultfuls of secrets plural

Morphology

vaultful + of + secret

The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'vault' (a secure storage) combined with the suffix-like notion '-ful' meaning 'as much as fills' plus 'of secrets' yields ‘an amount that fills a vault’ — i.e., many stored/hidden secrets. This noun+ful+of composition is a common, compositional English pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Vaultful of secrets creates a clear picture: a heavy vault, a very strong safe, filled with many hidden secrets. That's why it means 'a very large number of hidden or closely guarded secrets'.