loft

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noun

ˈlȯft 

1

: an upper room or floor : attic

2

a

: a gallery in a church or hall

b

: one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned

living in a converted loft

c

: hayloft

3

a

: the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head

b

: the act of lofting

4

: the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (such as goose down)

loftlike

ˈlȯft-ˌlīk 

adjective

loft

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verb

lofted; lofting; lofts

transitive verb

1

: to place, house, or store in a loft

2

: to propel through the air or into space

lofted a long hit to center

instruments lofted by a powerful rocket

3

: to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (such as a ship's hull)

intransitive verb

1

: to propel a ball high into the air

2

: to rise high

Synonyms

Noun

• attic

Verb

• throw
• toss
• hurl
• sling
• fire
• fling

Examples of loft in a Sentence

Noun

The kids' bedroom has a loft.

He rents a converted loft.

Verb

He lofted a home run into the stands.

The explosion lofted dust high into the air.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The loft suites at the Asbury Ocean Club have 11-foot ceilings and landscaped dune grass terraces or ocean-view balconies. —Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025

For the spring 2024 show, Lauren constructed an artist’s loft in a barn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, reminiscent of his Double RL Ranch. —Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2025

Verb

Each mission lofts just five to 10 Guowang spacecraft, apparently because each satellite is quite large. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025

Levi’s Stadium, home to the 49ers and host to the 2026 NFL championship come February, sat just an easy, lofted deep ball away as Nix adamantly put his team’s aspirations for this season in bold. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English, air, sky, from Old Norse lopt; akin to Old High German luft air

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1518, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing loft

• choir loft

Rhymes for loft

• coughed
• croft
• doffed
• oft
• scoffed
• soft
• toft
• waft
• aloft
• hayloft

Kids Definition

loft

1 of 2 noun

ˈlȯft 

1

: an upper room or floor : attic

2

a

: a gallery in a church or hall

organ loft

b

: an upper floor of a warehouse or business building when not partitioned

c

: hayloft

3

: the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head

loft

2 of 2 verb

1

: to place, house, or store in a loft

2

: to strike or throw a ball so that it rises high in the air

lofted a high fly to center field