organ loft
- noun
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balaustrada del órgano
- That night, the old man was up in the organ loft playing the organ.
Examples
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Lori held tightly to Mark's hand as footsteps clambered up the stairs to the organ loft.
Fiction book (1991) -
Together they tiptoed through the dark church, softly up to the organ loft and peered in.
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Follow me to the organ loft.
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The organ loft is next.
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First, I'm gonna take you into the den and then up to the organ loft...
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Visitors can climb up a spiral staircase to the organ loft to meet multilingual virtuoso Daniel Roth after the 10:30 a.m.
Blog text (16) -
Visitors can climb up a spiral staircase to the organ loft to meet multilingual virtuoso Daniel Roth after the 10:30 a.m. service.
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He was standing on the top step of a flight of stairs leading to the organ loft, peering in.
Synonyms
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3.9
An open top-floor space under the roof used for living or storage
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5.1
A raised area in a church where singers sit during services
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a loft is an upper space and an organ is the instrument, so an average B1 learner who knows both words can infer this is the upper gallery where the organ is placed. The compound follows a regular noun+noun pattern and is supported by similar constructions in other languages, making it immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Organ loft comes from the words organ and loft, meaning the instrument and a high place. In many old churches the organ and the person who played it sat on a raised platform at the back or side, so organ loft now means the raised place in a church where the organ is 'played'.