loft
noun/lɒft/
/lɔːft/
- (especially British English) a space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things and sometimes made into a room
- a loft conversion (= one that has been made into a room or rooms for living in)
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- an upper level in a church, or a farm or factory building
- He fell from the barn loft in a freak accident.
- a flat in a former factory, etc., that has been made suitable for living in
- They lived in a SoHo loft.
- (North American English) a part of a room that is on a higher level than the rest
- The children slept in a loft in the upstairs bedroom.
Word Originlate Old English, from Old Norse lopt ‘air, sky, upper room’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lucht and German Luft.
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