Definitions for loft
lɔft, lɒftloft

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loftnoun

   floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

2. loft, attic, garretnoun

   floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

3. loftnoun

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

4. loft, pigeon loftverb

   a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

5. loftverb

   store in a loft

6. loftverb

   propel through the air

   "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"

7. loftverb

   kick or strike high in the air

   "loft a ball"

8. loftverb

   lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

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1. Loftnoun

   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. especially, an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loftnoun

   air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

2. loftnoun

   An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

3. loftnoun

   The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

4. loftverb

   To propel high into the air.

5. loftverb

   erroneously throwing a ball through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

6. Etymology: lofte, from loft, of origin, from lopt, from luftuz. Akin to luft "air" (Luft), lyft. More at lift, aloft.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loftnoun

   Etymology: lloft, Welsh; or from lift.

   1. A floor.

   There is a traverse placed in a loft above. Francis Bacon.

   2. The highest floor.

   To lull him in his slumber soft,
   A trickling stream from high rock tumbling down,
   And ever drizzling rain upon the loft,
   Mixt with a murmuring wind. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   3. Rooms on high.

   Passing through the spheres of watchful fire,
   And hills of snow, and lofts of piled thunder. John Milton.

   A weasel once made shift to slink
   In at a corn loft, through a chink. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOFT

   The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a proposed ESA space mission originally slated to launch around 2022, and now proposed to launch around 2025. The mission will be devoted to the study of neutron stars, black holes and other compact objects by means of their very rapid X-ray variability. LOFT is supported by a large international collaboration, led by researchers spread over most of the European countries, including Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, and with contributions from Brazil, Canada, Israel, United States and Turkey. SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research acts as principal investigator. The mission was submitted to the ESA Cosmic Vision M3 call for proposals, and was selected, together with other three missions, for an initial Assessment Phase.On February 19, 2014, the PLATO mission was selected in favour of the other candidates in the programme, including LOFT. In spite of this, LOFT has been submitted to the Cosmic Vision M4 call for proposals for a planned launch date of 2025, if selected.

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1. loft

   A loft is an open space located at the upper part of a building, typically a directly under the roof, often used for storage, living or working space. In modern usage, it can also refer to a large, open-plan apartment or converted warehouse with high ceilings and minimal interior walls.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loftnoun

   that which is lifted up; an elevation

2. Loftnoun

   the room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story

3. Loftnoun

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

4. Loftnoun

   a floor or room placed above another; a story

5. Loftadjective

   lofty; proud

6. Etymology: [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loft

   A loft can be an upper storey or attic in a building, directly under the roof. Alternatively, a loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use from some other use, often light industrial. Adding to the confusion, some converted lofts include upper open loft areas. Within certain upper loft areas exist even further lofts.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loft

   loft, n. the room or space immediately under a roof: a gallery in a hall or church: an upper room.—v.t. to furnish with a loft: (golf) to strike the ball up by means of a club called the Loft′er.—adv. Loft′ily.—n. Loft′iness.—adj. Loft′y, high in position, character, sentiment, or diction: stately: haughty.—Lofted house (Scot.), a house of more than one story.—Cock of the loft, the head or chief of a set. [Ice. lopt (loft), the sky, an upper room; A.S. lyft, Ger. luft, the air.]

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1. LOFT

   What does LOFT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOFT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loft

   An Americanism for storey. In the United States it is usual to say a house contains so many “lofts” instead of storeys.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOFT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loft is ranked #36337 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Loft surname appeared 616 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Loft.
   
   86.3% or 532 total occurrences were White.
   4% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Floor
   • Golf
   • Hit
   • Lay Out
   • Pitch
   • Propel
   • Store

Anagrams for loft »

1. flot

How to pronounce loft?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say loft in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loft in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of loft in a Sentence

1. Matt Hemingway:

   Trampolines are very easy to loft into the air during high winds.

2. Anne Frank:

   Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she nags us the whole day long about the bad weather. It really would be nice to dump her in a bucket of cold water and put her up in the loft.

3. Ed Matthew:

   There are different kinds of insulation measures, cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and draft-proofing are very cost-effective, while solid wall installation is much more complex and expensive.

4. Niliflash:

   Don't expect the LOVE hidden in a LOFT to be soft like a LOAF.

5. California Rory McIlroy:

   A couple of things in Dubai I wasn't quite happy with, so I worked on those in Florida last week, i tweaked my driver a little bit. I felt like I was struggling to turn it over from right-to-left, so I put the loft up. I felt like the rest of my game was in pretty good shape.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loft
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=loft
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Loft
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loft
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loft
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loft
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=loft
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loft
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=loft
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html