loft
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., designed for a special purpose: a choir loft.
a hayloft.
an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open, unpartitioned floor area.
such an upper story converted or adapted to any of various uses, as quarters for living, studios for artists or dancers, exhibition galleries, or theater space.
Also called loft bed . a balcony or platform built over a living area and used especially for sleeping.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. an attic.
Golf.
the slope of the face of the head of a club backward from the vertical, tending to drive the ball upward.
the act of lofting.
a lofting stroke.
the resiliency of fabric or yarn, especially wool.
the thickness of a fabric or of insulation used in a garment, as a down-filled jacket.
to hit or throw aloft: He lofted a fly ball into center field.
Golf.
to slant the face of (a club).
to hit (a golf ball) into the air or over an obstacle.
to clear (an obstacle) in this manner.
to store in a loft.
Shipbuilding. to form or describe (the lines of a hull) at full size, as in a mold loft; lay off.
Archaic. to provide (a house, barn, etc.) with a loft.
to hit or throw something aloft, especially a ball.
to go high into the air when hit, as a ball.
Origin of loft
1Other words from loft
- loftless, adjective
- un·der·loft, noun
- well-lofted, adjective
Words Nearby loft
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How to use loft in a sentence
South Korean activists are already planning to loft them over the Demilitarized Zone in balloons.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack | Gordon G. Chang | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn testimony, witnesses described a lifestyle that included “a downtown loft and several luxury cars.”
We kept going up until we found ourselves in a vast Sharkarama, a huge loft with fake sharks hung from hooks everywhere.
My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark | Tom Shales | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few weeks ago I was invited to a Soho loft for a board game day.
The Arsenal has been converted to “Manhattan style, loft apartments,” the vast majority still unsold.
Welcome to Woolwich, Where English Terrorists Say Sorry While They Murder | Peter Pomerantsev | May 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
She should not show panic because of the mysterious noise in the loft of the abandoned Carter house.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseFrank climbs up the tall ladder to the loft, which is the second story of the barn, and throws down the hay.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonI sawed off the upper four feet carefully, and stowed the remainder back in the loft.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonI had rather sleep upon a pallet in a loft, by myself, than in the handsomest room in the house, with her for a room-mate.
Alone | Marion HarlandSo alarmed were we for our safety that we crossed that night into a third valley and slept in the loft of a horse-barn.
British Dictionary definitions for loft
/ (lɒft) /
the space inside a roof
a gallery, esp one for the choir in a church
a room over a stable used to store hay
an upper storey of a warehouse or factory, esp when converted into living space
a raised house or coop in which pigeons are kept
sport
(in golf) the angle from the vertical made by the club face to give elevation to a ball
elevation imparted to a ball
a lofting stroke or shot
sport to strike or kick (a ball) high in the air
to store or place in a loft
to lay out a full-scale working drawing of (the lines of a vessel's hull)
Origin of loft
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