Loft - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |lɔːft|  American pronunciation of the word loft
Brit.  |lɒft|  British pronunciation of the word loft

noun

- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage (syn: attic, garret)
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

verb

- store in a loft
- propel through the air
The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air
- kick or strike high in the air
loft a ball
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Extra examples

The kids' bedroom has a loft.

He rents a converted loft.

He lofted a home run into the stands.

The explosion lofted dust high into the air.

She's just bought a loft in Manhattan.

John lofted a long hit to center.

Our neighbours have just done a loft conversion (=changed the loft into bedrooms).

The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air

They forked the hay into the loft.

...the loft district is the locus of the city's kinetic arts scene...

...the young artist's converted loft is decorated in a self-consciously mod style...

...all of the wiring for the converted residential loft is concealed in a vertical trough...

They climbed up into the loft of the old barn.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: loft
he/she/it: lofts
present participle: lofting
past tense: lofted
past participle: lofted
noun
singular: loft
plural: lofts
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