1
: an upper room or floor : attic
2
a
: a gallery in a church or hall
b
: one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned
living in a converted loft
c
: hayloft
3
a
: the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head
b
: the act of lofting
4
: the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (such as goose down)
lofted; lofting; lofts
1
: to place, house, or store in a loft
2
: to propel through the air or into space
lofted a long hit to center
instruments lofted by a powerful rocket
3
: to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (such as a ship's hull)
Synonyms
Examples of loft in a Sentence
Noun
The kids' bedroom has a loft.
He rents a converted loft.
Verb
He lofted a home run into the stands.
The explosion lofted dust high into the air.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Primary bedroom suites, basements and lofts become JADUs.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Fast forward 20 years and Czech is delivering her custom facial magic from an expansive loft space in SoHo—but with all the same intimacy and personal attention.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Apr. 2024
In designing their Manhattan loft, a couple took cues from their wide-ranging collection.
—New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Keeping down sleeping bags in a compression sack for an extended period reduces their loft, which refers to the volume of the down.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
Soft lofts are generally more energy efficient than hard lofts counterparts due to their newer construction and materials.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2024
That is the address of a loft building, but the document doesn’t say what Morris was employed doing there.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, these works took on a darker resonance, and Mr. Moskowitz, whose TriBeCa loft was only a few blocks from the towers, regretfully moved on to other motifs.
—Will Heinrich, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
Jackson Merrill, the 20-year-old rookie who was bumped up to the leadoff spot Saturday, singled to right, advancing Higashioka to third, and Fernando Tatis Jr. lofted an RBI double to left-center to tie the score 1-1.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Maye is on fire, lofting fades to the end zone — against air — to his targets.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
Radar signals in the counties indicated that debris was being lofted as high as 15,000 feet – a sign of a strong tornado, according to the weather service in Wilmington, Ohio.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
His end zone interception lofted toward tight end Isaiah Likely should have never been thrown into triple coverage.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Thomas spun his way through the lane and lofted a floater that tied it with 0.5 seconds left, and the Aztecs were headed to their second straight overtime game.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Instead, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's space company, lofted 33 payloads from NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023
After Cleveland’s Jim Brown, the Rookie of the Year, ran for a touchdown to keep the game within reach, the Lions faked a field goal and Rote lofted a touchdown pass to a wide-open receiver.
—Bill Morris, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
Noun
Most of us sat at tables on the stage floor itself, with additional seating in the choral loft at the back of the stage.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Primary bedroom suites, basements and lofts become JADUs.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Fast forward 20 years and Czech is delivering her custom facial magic from an expansive loft space in SoHo—but with all the same intimacy and personal attention.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Apr. 2024
In designing their Manhattan loft, a couple took cues from their wide-ranging collection.
—New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Keeping down sleeping bags in a compression sack for an extended period reduces their loft, which refers to the volume of the down.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
Soft lofts are generally more energy efficient than hard lofts counterparts due to their newer construction and materials.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2024
That is the address of a loft building, but the document doesn’t say what Morris was employed doing there.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, these works took on a darker resonance, and Mr. Moskowitz, whose TriBeCa loft was only a few blocks from the towers, regretfully moved on to other motifs.
—Will Heinrich, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Verb
Next, Denver’s Jamal Murray lofted a pass from the far end line to Braun just pass midcourt.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
Jackson Merrill, the 20-year-old rookie who was bumped up to the leadoff spot Saturday, singled to right, advancing Higashioka to third, and Fernando Tatis Jr. lofted an RBI double to left-center to tie the score 1-1.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Maye is on fire, lofting fades to the end zone — against air — to his targets.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
Radar signals in the counties indicated that debris was being lofted as high as 15,000 feet – a sign of a strong tornado, according to the weather service in Wilmington, Ohio.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
His end zone interception lofted toward tight end Isaiah Likely should have never been thrown into triple coverage.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Thomas spun his way through the lane and lofted a floater that tied it with 0.5 seconds left, and the Aztecs were headed to their second straight overtime game.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Instead, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's space company, lofted 33 payloads from NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023
After Cleveland’s Jim Brown, the Rookie of the Year, ran for a touchdown to keep the game within reach, the Lions faked a field goal and Rote lofted a touchdown pass to a wide-open receiver.
—Bill Morris, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
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loft
2 of 2 verb1
: to place, house, or store in a loft
2
: to strike or throw a ball so that it rises high in the air
lofted a high fly to center field
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