1
: an upper room or floor : attic
2
a
: a gallery in a church or hall
b
: one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned
living in a converted loft
c
: hayloft
3
a
: the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head
b
: the act of lofting
4
: the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (such as goose down)
lofted; lofting; lofts
1
: to place, house, or store in a loft
2
: to propel through the air or into space
lofted a long hit to center
instruments lofted by a powerful rocket
3
: to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (such as a ship's hull)
Synonyms
Examples of loft in a Sentence
Noun
The kids' bedroom has a loft.
He rents a converted loft.
Verb
He lofted a home run into the stands.
The explosion lofted dust high into the air.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The Catalina community offers four home designs of three to five bedrooms, a loft (per plan) and up to approximately 2,521 square feet.
—Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
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Noun
There are 30 suites, including three airy lofts and two rooms with spacious terraces, all equipped with fluffy beds by Flou and luxe Italian linens from Casa Rovea.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The Catalina community offers four home designs of three to five bedrooms, a loft (per plan) and up to approximately 2,521 square feet.
—Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
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“Loft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loft. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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loft
2 of 2 verb1
: to place, house, or store in a loft
2
: to strike or throw a ball so that it rises high in the air
lofted a high fly to center field
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