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loft

loft

111 3.9
An open top-floor space under the roof used for living or storage
  • noun
  • /lɔft/
translation icon : loft
  • The spacious loft had large windows that filled the room with natural light.
  • a loft apartment
  • loft space

So dad climbed up the ladder into the loft and cut me down.

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Examples

  • Headed back to the loft?

    Igby Goes Down (2002)

  • Molly is sitting on the couch in the middle of the loft surrounded by friends and well-wishers.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You know, a couple years ago we did, people came in to do a home tour of my loft downtown.

    The Minimalists

  • I work in a loft downtown

    The Tie That Binds (1995)

  • Wanna come check out my new loft?

    Scanner Cop II (1995)

  • I will tell you, these stairs, this loft, it's not for the faint of heart.

  • It's like a old school log cabin and it's just got a little loft up top with a bed.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • So I remember MGA when it was in a huge loft space in lower Manhattan.

  • I love the decor in here and these gorgeous gorgeous tall loft windows.

  • Tracy opened the door of the loft above her gallery and said, "You look exquisite."

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

attic
vsloft
179 1.5

A space just below the roof of a house often used to store things

is broader and can be used as a living area or larger upper floor
garret
vsloft
8 8.9

A small room under the roof where people store things or live

is a larger or more open upper space rather than a tiny room

Compounds

choir loft
1 5.1

A raised area in a church where singers sit during services

artist's loft
1 5.5

A large open space in a converted warehouse where a person who makes art lives and works

loft bombing
  • NSFW
9.9

A way of dropping bombs by flying low then pulling the plane up before release to escape the blast

organ loft
7.8

A raised platform at the back of a church where the organist plays

pigeon loft
6.5

A small building where people raise and keep pigeons

How Spacious

penthouse
118 3.9
loft
111 3.9
attic
179 1.5
garret
8 8.9

Surface Forms

loft singular
lofts plural

Etymology

Loft meaning an upper room or open space comes from an old Norse word lopt meaning 'air' or 'upper room' and is related to English lofty. That's why a loft is a high room just under the roof used for living or storage.