1. Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
   "The old manuscripts were discovered in the dusty loft";
   - attic, garret
    
2. Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory, warehouse or other commercial space
   "The artist rented a spacious loft to use as a studio"
    
3. A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
   "The pigeon fancier spent hours tending to his birds in the pigeon loft";
   - pigeon loft
    
4. (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
   "The loft on his wedge allowed him to easily clear the bunker"

1. Propel through the air
   "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
    
2. Kick or strike high in the air
   "loft a ball"
    
3. Store in a loft
   "They lofted the hay for the winter"
    
4. Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
   "The naval architect lofted the design for the new yacht"

Derived forms: lofts, lofted, lofting

Type of: floor, hit, impel, lay out, level, pitch, propel, rake, shelter, slant, store, storey [Brit], story [N. Amer]

Part of: house

Encyclopedia: Loft, William