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hayloft

hayloft

4 5.5
A loft in a barn used to store hay
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪˌlɔft/
translation icon : desván de heno
  • We can sleep in the hayloft and tell ghost stories and—"Shame on you, Becky," Dad laughed.
  • the hayloft of a barn
  • ladder to the hayloft
  • hid in the hayloft

Examples

  • And we have a hayloft that's good for sleeping.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Becky took a deep breath and followed her dad up the ladder to the hayloft.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • We're all sleeping in the hayloft tonight.

  • Look at the new hayloft.

  • There they are, in the hayloft.

  • I practiced for about an hour in the hayloft, with nobody to bother me but the farm animals.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • When I came home that day, I took the saxophone up to the hayloft to practice my scales.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Ruby then proposed that they take a rest in the hayloft, a fine place for a sit-down, she said.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The farmer stored the freshly cut grass in the hayloft to keep it dry for the winter.

  • After the storm, we found the cat hiding in the hayloft where it felt safe.

Synonyms

mow
vshayloft
  • Archaic
4 9.9

An upper space in a barn where hay is kept

is limited to hay storage and not used for grain
haymow
vshayloft
9.9

A loft in a barn where people keep hay

is the upper storage space specifically rather than any area

How Big

barn
363 1.0
hayloft
4 5.5
rack
205 1.2
shelf
369 1.0

Surface Forms

hayloft singular
haylofts plural

Morphology

hayloft = hay + loft (transparent) = hay + loft

A direct compound of 'hay' + 'loft' whose meaning (a loft for storing hay) is obvious from its parts.

Etymology

Hayloft is a simple compound of hay and loft: hay is 'dried grass' used to feed animals, and loft means 'upper room' or high space in a building. So a hayloft is the high part of a barn where farmers store their hay.