Loft

Word LOFT
Character 4
Hyphenation loft
Pronunciations /lɑft/

Definitions and meanings of "Loft"

What do we mean by loft?

A large, usually unpartitioned floor over a factory, warehouse, or other commercial or industrial space. noun

Such a floor converted into an apartment or artist's studio. noun

An open space under a roof; an attic or garret. noun

A gallery or balcony, as in a church. noun

A hayloft. noun

The backward slant of the face of a golf club head, designed to drive the ball up off the ground. noun

A golf stroke that drives the ball in a high arc. noun

The upward course of a ball driven in a high arc. noun

The thickness of a fabric or yarn. noun

The thickness of an item, such as a down comforter, that is filled with compressible insulating material. noun

To put, store, or keep in a loft. intransitive verb

To propel in a high arc. intransitive verb

To lay out a full-size drawing of (the parts of a ship's hull, for example). intransitive verb

To propel something, especially a ball, in a high arc. intransitive verb

To rise high into the air. intransitive verb

To furnish with a loft.

A pigeon-house. noun

(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.

The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.

The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

A floor or room placed above another.

What used to be termed as a 'Studio Apartment' (+/- 400 SF) is now being marketed as 'loft' by real estate people to capitalize on current trends and confuse the buying public that any one room apartment is a 'loft'. (A REAL loft is a minimum of 1,000+ sf with no walls, but could be divided up into several rooms if so desired.) Urban Dictionary

A crappy, overpriced, undersized apartment that real-estate agents market as trendy. Frequently located in a crappy ghetto and/or a contaminated former industrial building, facts that the real estate agent also downplays. Urban Dictionary

Loft, or l.o.f.t, meaning "lack of fucking talent" Urban Dictionary

Inhabitable premises with a view (especially of the sky in the early morning), usually in trendy downtown locales where frequent kissing, hair pulling, hand feeding, and viewing james bond flicks occur. Urban Dictionary

Verb adopted from football commentary in the British Isles, but made more flexible in order to encompass the following meanings: 1. to hoist 2. to proceed 3. to give 4. to penetrate Urban Dictionary

Opposite of bury. The act of exposing or revealing something. Also could mean saving someone from an unpleasant situation. Urban Dictionary

THE greatest HALF LIFE COUNTER STRIKE player that you will ever know about. aka. I WILL RAPE YOU aka. THE GREATEST aka. THE CHAMP Urban Dictionary

Vagina; cooter; a place that one enjoys getting all up in Urban Dictionary

Chill, sexy, cool, hep started by rachel and ohav of da 510, reprizzent Urban Dictionary

An acronym for LOTS OF FUN TONIGHT it is a promisary note of getting some somtime in the evening Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Loft

The word "loft" in example sentences

Located in the Spears Building on West 22nd Street, the loft is approximately 3,600 sq. feet with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The room has a loft that leads to the bedrooms on the new second floor, and underneath the loft is the family homeschool area. ❋ Regina Doman (2007)

The first location was down near Wall Street, in what they call a loft, and we were divided in sections that did different parts of the process. ❋ Unknown (1975)

In the '70s, Mr. Rivers ran Studio Rivbea, a downtown Manhattan performance space that hosted some of the most vibrant new jazz of the decade; it was a cornerstone of what was known as the loft jazz scene. ❋ Martin Johnson (2011)

The sinuosity of the loft is taken back by the upside-down cones that, I suspended as stalactites, they channel downward the light ❋ Unknown (2008)

By some definitions, every new loft is indeed a fake — whether constructed from the ground up, rehabbed as a calculated real-estate development rather than a spontaneous personal reuse of found space, or occupied by investment bankers instead of artists. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A rough industrial space with concrete floors and few interior walls — a common real-estate definition of an “authentic loft” — may seem less authentic than a newly built loft if the old building has small windows and low ceilings while the new loft is bright and spacious. ❋ Unknown (2007)

From carefully selected materials like ipe wood and Cor-Ten steel green systems like radiant heating and fluorescent lighting, this modern loft is both thoughtful and homey. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Restoration on the extraordinary altarpieces, walls and paintings, and the original organ still in the choir loft, is still underway. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Secret Diary of Anne Frank, aged 13 3/4 Anne hides in a loft from the Nazis, while sneaking a crafty look at Big and Bouncy. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Cameron thinks the ideal loft is 4 degrees, which he mills into the face of the putters. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He played at daybreak; he played at sunrise; and the whole time the entire procession of gray rats followed him, and were enticed farther and farther away from the big grain loft at Glimminge Castle. ❋ Unknown (1922)

In these articles, the perspectives were from people from out of town who were looking for a short term loft lease and signed for the nonexistent apartments. ❋ Palmer Huff (2010)

Typically when we hear the word loft we picture a tricked out warehouse space with high ceilings, a wall of windows and no defined rooms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Dude, are you sure this new condo of yours is a [loft]? It seems like a studio apartment to me: it's like 200 sf, you could only fit your bed in here, every time i move I knock something over, and the [ceilings] are so low I have to duck just to walk around!" "OF COURSE it's a [LOFT], my real [estate agent] ASSURED me of this! I mean, I wouldn't have paid $900K for a studio apartment! " ❋ Mmichaell (2005)

[Real Estate Agent]: Look at these new lofts, priced from $1500/month. They're in a vibrant new neighborhood in a historic landmark building. Really: A 400 square foot [walk-up] apartment with a [cheap coat] of paint hiding the asbestos. Should rent for $500/month, but some sucker is willing to pay $1500. The neighborhood is almost never as nice as the brochures make it out to be. ❋ Uncle Lance (2009)

Joe: You're [suffering] from some major loft. Mike: Yeah, I'm [definately] [lacking]. ❋ SkeetOOO (2006)

[3rd floor] of an architectural structure @ [the corner] of gay & S. [Hill] ❋ Juliewksm (2005)

1. [Rory Delap] lofts a foreboding [long throw] towards the [opposition's] penalty area 2. Let's loft into town for a shot of Chartreuse before the pubs close 3. Loft over my boxers there like a good man 4. I wouldn't half loft it into that young one ❋ Rossi85 (2008)

A debt-counselor can help to loft your [financial security]. After saving someone from an [awkward situation], "Dude, I just [lofted] your ass" ❋ Joeday (2007)

you will [never be] as [good as] loft!loft! is [the greatest] ❋ ATN (2004)

damn, i'd [love to] [redecorate] the [inside] of her loft! ❋ Brittle Johnson (2011)

damn [look at that] [playa], he is so loft! hey that party was so loft, [good times]. ❋ Rachel And Ohav (2005)

"hey baby theres gonna be [LOFT]" "mmhmmmmm [you bet] your [sweet ass] cowboy" ❋ Mackbar Bohinder Zaki (2008)

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