About The Word Loft
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Loft
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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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