Synonyms for loft

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lawft, loft

Phonetic Transcription : lɔft, lɒft

Définition of loft

Origin : "an upper chamber," c.1300, from late Old English loft "the sky; the sphere of the air," from Old Norse lopt "air, sky," originally "upper story, loft, attic" (Scandinavian -pt- pronounced like -ft-), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz "air, sky" (cf. Old English lyft, Dutch lucht, Old High German luft, German Luft, Gothic luftus "air").
Sense development is from "loft, ceiling" to "sky, air." Buck suggests ultimate connection with Old High German louft "bark," louba "roof, attic," etc., with development from "bark" to "roof made of bark" to "ceiling," though this did not directly inform the meaning "air, sky." But Watkins says this is "probably a separate Germanic root." Meaning "gallery in a church" first attested c.1500.

noun room on upper floor

Example sentences :

As to the building, I am soon disappointed, because the work is all done in one loft.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

You may have as many tulips as you like: I have three hundred of them in my loft.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

The loft, over the part where the cider-mill was, was the corn-house.
Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various

It consisted of two rooms and a loft in the pitch of the roof.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

This was the general opinion of the class of 19—, that old "Loosh had pigeons in his loft."
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He deliberately pitched them into a loft, where they were left.
Extract from : « A Gold Hunter's Experience » by Chalkley J. Hambleton

A pair of barn-owls from the loft in the farm suffered next.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

It struck six; only an hour had passed since I had my awakening in the loft.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Fortunately a loft of some kind separated the heavens from the occupants.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

She ran to the loft above and carried down cots and blankets.
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

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