loft

Meanings

Plural: lofts

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
(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
air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
Such an attic used as an atelier.
The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
A lofted drive.
A floor or room placed above another.

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
To propel high into the air.
To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
To furnish with a loft space.
To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.

Adj

lofty; proud; haughty

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

attic, garret, pigeon loft

Scrabble Score: 7

loft is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
loft is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
loft is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

loft is a valid Words With Friends word