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loft

UK/lɒft/ US/lɔft/ fairly common us
noun (3) verb (4)

noun

1.

floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

2.

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

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3.

a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

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verb

1.

store in a loft

2.

propel through the air

  • “The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air”
3.

kick or strike high in the air

  • “loft a ball”
4.

lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel''s hull

Origin

From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).

Phrases

  • hay loft
  • loft bed
  • loft bombing
  • loft ladder
  • lofted drive
  • lofting iron
  • mold loft
  • organ loft
  • pigeon loft
  • sail loft

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