Loft
[lɒft] or [lɔft]
Definition
(noun.) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.
(noun.) a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept.
(noun.) floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space.
(noun.) (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air.
(verb.) lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull.
(verb.) kick or strike high in the air; 'loft a ball'.
(verb.) propel through the air; 'The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air'.
(verb.) store in a loft.
Checker: Ramona--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation.
(n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
(n.) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
(n.) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
(a.) Lofty; proud.
Typist: Vilma
Definition
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.
Typist: Serena
Examples
- Johnson and I went to the Charleston end to carry out Edison's plans, which were rapidly unfolded by telegraph every night from a loft on lower Broadway, New York. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the time when he was left in the loft-room, he vanished. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One of these lads sat up each night in the stable, while the others slept in the loft. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The hides are all hung in a dry loft, where artificial heat of different temperatures is used until they are thoroughly dry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Rosanne