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)
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.
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Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
Her daughter and the other campers ran to the rec hall and piled onto a loft upstairs, waiting for the waters to recede until daylight.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 July 2025
Debris lofted into radar signal (lower left panel) shown in dual pol correlation coefficient data.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Noun
With its high ceilings and wide rooms, the former warehouse could be turned into a brewery or taproom, an indoor pickleball venue, car collector's haven, an office or upscale lofts, according to Beth Rose Real Estate and Auctions, which is listing the property for sale.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
Her daughter and the other campers ran to the rec hall and piled onto a loft upstairs, waiting for the waters to recede until daylight.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Verb
In the sixth inning, Altuve lofted a first-pitch curveball from Colorado Rockies reliever Jake Bird into shallow center field for his 2,315th major-league hit.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 July 2025
Debris lofted into radar signal (lower left panel) shown in dual pol correlation coefficient data.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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“Loft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loft. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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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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