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Recent Examples of cockloft
Update City box 341 - 109 & 111 Chestnut St. Fire extended into the cockloft of both buildings.
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Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
The fire was found in an apartment on the sixth floor of the building and quickly spread to the area between the apartment ceiling and the roof, known as the cockloft, according to the FDNY.
—Amanda Jackson and Rob Frehse, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021
In a balloon-frame structure, a fire that starts in the basement and gets into the chase space can run all the way to the cockloft—the cramped, unusable space between the topmost ceiling of a building and the roof—without any fire-stop in between.
—Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
When the fire reaches the cockloft, the top of the roof explodes and shoots out flames.
—Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
The fire was found in an apartment on the sixth floor of the building and quickly spread to the area between the apartment ceiling and the roof, known as the cockloft, according to the FDNY.
—Amanda Jackson and Rob Frehse, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021
In a balloon-frame structure, a fire that starts in the basement and gets into the chase space can run all the way to the cockloft—the cramped, unusable space between the topmost ceiling of a building and the roof—without any fire-stop in between.
—Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
When the fire reaches the cockloft, the top of the roof explodes and shoots out flames.
—Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockloft
Noun
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Both lofts can serve as bedrooms or storage areas, lending the home considerable flexibility for its size.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 June 2025
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The loft was also a short walk to CBGB, soon to become the proving ground of New York’s punk revolution and the Heads’ primary live performance venue at the start of their career.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Others fled to attics, praying the water wouldn’t reach them.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Quickly, his family scrambled nine people into the attic.—
Sean Murphy,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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“Cockloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockloft. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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