Definitions of loft [ɔft, lɒft]

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Definition of 'loft'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) loft
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.

2.  loft
a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., for a special purpose:
a choir loft.

3.  loft
an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open floor area without partitions.

4.  loft
such an upper story converted or adapted to any of various uses, as quarters for living, studios for artists or dancers, exhibition galleries, or theater space.

5.  loft
Also called loft bed. a balcony or platform built over a living area and used for sleeping.

6.  loft
Golf.

7.  loft
the slope of the face of the head of a club backward from the vertical, tending to drive the ball upward.

8.  loft
the act of lofting.

9.  loft
a lofting stroke.

10.  loft
the resiliency of fabric or yarn, esp. wool.

11.  loft
the thickness of a fabric or of insulation used in a garment, as a down-filled jacket.

12. (v.t.) loft
to hit or throw aloft:
He lofted a fly ball into center field.

13.  loft
Golf.

14.  loft
to slant the face of (a club).

15.  loft
to hit (a golf ball) into the air or over an obstacle.

16.  loft
to clear (an obstacle) in this manner.

17.  loft
to store in a loft.

18. (v.i.) loft
to hit or throw something, esp. a ball, aloft.

19.  loft
to go high into the air when hit, as a ball.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME lofte (n.), late OE loft < ON lopt upper region)

Definition of 'loft'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) loft
floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

2. (noun) loft, attic, garret
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

3. (noun) loft
(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

4. (verb) loft, pigeon loft
a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

5. (verb) loft
store in a loft

6. (verb) loft
propel through the air
"The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"

7. (verb) loft
kick or strike high in the air
"loft a ball"

8. (verb) loft
lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Definition of 'loft'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) loft
lofty; proud

2. (noun) loft
that which is lifted up; an elevation

3. (noun) loft
the room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story

4. (noun) loft
a gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft

5. (noun) loft
a floor or room placed above another; a story

Translation of 'loft'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a room or space under a roof They kept a lot of spare furniture in the loft.
Afrikaans: solder	Arabic: عِلِيَّه	Bulgarian: таван
Brazilian: sótão	Czech: půda	German: der Speicher
Danish: loft	Greek: σοφίτα, πατάρι	Spanish: desván
Estonian: pööning	Farsi: اتاق زیر شیروانی	Finnish: parvi
French: grenier	Hebrew: עֲלִייַת גַג	Hindi: अटारी, दुछत्ती
Croatian: potkrovlje, tavan	Hungarian: padlás(szoba)	Indonesian: loteng
Icelandic: háaloft, hanabjálki	Italian: soffitta	Japanese: 屋根裏
Korean: 다락방	Lithuanian: palėpė	Latvian: bēniņi
Malay: loteng	Dutch: zolder	Norwegian: loft
Polish: strych	Persian: اطاق نزديك سقف،گلخانه	Pashto: چت ته نږدى سيمه
Portuguese: sótão	Romanian: pod	Russian: чердак
Slovak: povala	Slovenian: podstrešje	Serbian: potkrovlje
Swedish: vind, loft	Thai: ห้องใต้หลังคา	Turkish: tavan arası (odası)
Taiwanese: 閣樓	Ukrainian: горище	Urdu: پر چھتی
Vietnamese: gác mái	Chinese: 阁楼
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