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- Dictionaryloft/lɒft/
noun
- 1. a room or space directly under the roof of a house or other building, used for accommodation or storage: "the best way to prevent this heat loss is by insulating the loft"
- 2. upward inclination given to the ball in a stroke.
verb
- 1. kick, hit, or throw (a ball or missile) high up: "he lofted the ball over the goalkeeper"
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a space at the top of a building under the roof used for storing things and usually entered by a ladder, or sometimes made into a room for living in: The firm specializes in loft conversions (= making lofts into rooms). US. an upper floor or room.
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.
A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage).
noun. a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret. a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., designed for a special purpose: a choir loft. a hayloft. an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open, unpartitioned floor area.
a space at the top of a building under the roof used for storing things and usually entered by a ladder, or sometimes made into a room for living in: The firm specializes in loft conversions (= making lofts into rooms). US. an upper floor or room.
When you loft something, you throw it high into the air, the way a baseball player might loft a ball from the outfield all the way to first base. Any way you propel an object — whether you throw, kick, or slingshot it — if it launches up and across a distance, you loft it.
A loft is an apartment in the upper part of a building, especially a building such as a warehouse or factory that has been converted for people to live in. Lofts are usually large and not divided into separate rooms.
a. A large, usually unpartitioned floor over a factory, warehouse, or other commercial or industrial space. b. Such a floor converted into an apartment or artist's studio. 2. a. A partial floor occupying part of the space below the ceiling of a larger, high-ceilinged room. b. A garret.
Definition of loft noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
loft meaning: 1. the space under the roof of a house or other building 2. the space where someone lives or works…. Learn more.
