I. loft 1 /lɒft $ lɒːft/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: lopt 'air, upstairs room' ]
1 . UNDER A ROOF British English a room or space under the roof of a building, usually used for storing things in SYN attic :
Our neighbours have just done a loft conversion (=changed the loft into bedrooms) .
2 . ON A FARM a raised area in a ↑ barn used for keeping ↑ hay or other crops in:
a hayloft
3 . PART OF A ROOM American English a raised area above the main part of a room, usually used for sleeping
4 . TYPE OF APARTMENT a space above a business, factory etc that was once used for storing goods, but has been changed into living space:
She’s just bought a loft in Manhattan.
5 . FOR BIRDS a set of ↑ cage s used to keep ↑ pigeon s in
6 . IN A CHURCH the raised place in a church where the ↑ organ or ↑ choir is
II. loft 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
to hit a ball very high in ↑ golf or ↑ cricket