artist's loft
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- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪsts lɔft/
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loft de artista
- Many artist's lofts in the area are now expensive.
Examples
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Many creative individuals are drawn to living in an artist's loft due to its spacious design and unique ambiance.
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After years of saving, they finally moved into a sunlit artist's loft in a converted warehouse.
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Many creative people are drawn to the open floor plans typical of an artist's loft.
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The painter spent her days creating sculptures in her spacious artist's loft downtown.
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She lives in an artist's loft in Brooklyn.
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The artist's loft featured high ceilings and large windows, providing ample natural light for painting.
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After searching for months, she finally found an artist's loft that matched her aesthetic and lifestyle.
Synonyms
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An open top-floor space under the roof used for living or storage
How Spacious
Surface Forms
Morphology
artist's + loft
The meaning 'a loft used by or belonging to an artist' is directly derivable from combining 'artist' (a person who makes art) with 'loft' (an upper/open living or studio space). This possessive noun + noun composition is semantically transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Artist's loft comes from a simple image: an artist living and working in a high, empty loft, often an old factory room with big windows. Because artists used these large open rooms as both a 'studio' and a 'home', the phrase now means a big open space in a former industrial building where someone both lives and creates.