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Noun: loft  lóft
  1. Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory, warehouse or other commercial space
     
  2. Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
    - attic, garret
     
  3. (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
     
  4. A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
    - pigeon loft
Verb: loft  lóft
  1. Store in a loft
     
  2. Propel through the air
    "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
     
  3. Kick or strike high in the air
    "loft a ball"
     
  4. Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Derived forms: lofts, lofting, lofted

Type of: floor, hit, impel, lay out, level, pitch, propel, rake, shelter, slant, store, storey, story

Part of: house

Encyclopedia: Loft, William