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noun

ˈlȯft How to pronounce loft (audio)
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as in attic
a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one

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verb

as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver

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Recent Examples of loft
Noun
The loft-like one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo with $809 monthly HOAs, spanning just over 1,000 square feet, features a barrel-vault ceiling designed by Weese himself. — Rachel Freundt, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 The four- or six-person domes have lofts, full bathrooms with walk-in showers and prime stargazing right from bed. — Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026
Verb
Energy dipped heading into halftime, but midfielder Sam Meza changed the pace with consecutive tackles before regaining possession and lofting a cross toward Mercado, who headed home the second goal in the 44th. — ABC News, 12 July 2026 In reusable mode, the Long March 10B can loft about 16 tons of payload to low Earth orbit. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for loft
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loft
  1. attic
  2. throw
  3. toss
  4. hurl
  5. sling
  6. fire
  7. fling
Noun
  • Locate your main shut-off valve in basements, attics, or near your front sidewalk.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
  • My gran growing up had a clothing shop, so there were lots of old sewing machines in the attic.
    — Lilyanna D'Amato, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
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Verb
  • Stockton threw the most passing touchdowns of any high school quarterback in state history (177) as a four-year starter for the Wildcats.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • The midfielder was deemed to have delayed a restart by throwing the ball away.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of throw
Verb
  • Others drape seal intestines over their fins or take turns tossing sea lion pelts into the air, Shields said.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Evans hit another amazing dive to the outside on Theory before tossing Breakker into the timekeepers area.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of toss
Verb
  • While brief, the gag points to the extreme side of identity politics, where hurling accusations against others for their online transgressions is all too common.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
  • That would entail hurling Starship on a longer-range trajectory, perhaps into low-Earth orbit, to bring the vehicle back to the launch site.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Definition of hurl
Verb
  • As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
  • The Walsh family’s been slinging hot dogs across the Valley since 1946, with sisters Morgan and Kelly Walsh serving as third-generation stewards.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of sling
Verb
  • The Red Sox have surged without their injured ace, Garrett Crochet, who last pitched on April 25, the day Breslow fired manager Alex Cora and five coaches in a panic move, power play or, perhaps, a prescient vision of what a change could mean.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Iran launched waves of strikes towards Bahrain, while Jordan’s state news agency said the country shot down four missiles fired from Iran.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of fire
Verb
  • The impact flung trillions of tons of debris into the sky, and much of it headed right into that yawning atmosphere and into Earth’s orbit.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The moment when everything has been flung apart and is exploding in front of you.
    — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of fling

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