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Loft

Loft Meaning & Definition
Loft Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loft?

[n] floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
[n] a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
[n] floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
[v] lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
[v] kick or strike high in the air, of a ball
[v] propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
[v] store in a loft

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loft: attic | garret | pigeon loft

Related Terms | Find terms related to Loft: agency | atelier | attic | attic room | barbershop | beauty parlor | beauty shop | bench | butcher shop | cockloft | company | concern | corporation | desk | establishment | facility | firm | garret | hayloft | house | installation | institution | junk room | library | lumber room | office | organization | parlor | sail loft | shop | sky parlor | stacks | storeroom | studio | study | sweatshop | work site | work space | workbench | workhouse | working space | workplace | workroom | workshop | worktable

See Also | artist's loft | cockloft | floor | hayloft | hit | house | impel | lay out | level | mow | propel | shelter | store | storey | story

Loft In Webster's Dictionary

\Loft\, n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ] That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9. {On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf. {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Loft\, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
\Loft\, n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).
\Loft\, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport.
\Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Lofted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lofting}.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.

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