Loft
Pronunciation
- enPR: lÅft, IPA: /lÉ’ft/
- Rhymes: -É’ft
Origin
Middle English lofte ("air, sky, upper region, loft"), from Old English loft, of origin, from Old Norse lopt ("upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air"), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz ("air, sky"). Akin to Old High German luft ("") "air" (German Luft), Old English lyft ("air"). More at lift, aloft.
Full definition of loft
Noun
loft
(plural lofts)- (obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.an organ loft
- (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
- Bible, Acts xx. 9Eutychus ... fell down from the third loft.
Verb
- To propel high into the air.
- 2011, September 28, Tom Rostance, Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos, Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.