Loft
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɒft/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Loft is a noun meaning An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
Meaning
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
More Meanings
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (obsolete, except in derivatives) Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
Example Sentences
maximum loft
a choir loft
a Manhattan loft
Eutychus […] fell down from the third loft.
Word Forms
- lofts
- lofting
- lofted
Synonyms for loft
Depending on context, synonyms include attic, garret.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include garret, attic, mezzanine, penthouse, dome, apartment.
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