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Loft

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.

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

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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