loft

CEFRB2

/lɒft/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A room or storage space directly under a roof.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

Examples

  • A loft conversion can add considerable value to a property.

  • There is plenty of space in the loft for storage.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

  2. Such an attic used as an atelier.

  3. The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

More examples

In context

  • a choir loft

  • an artist's loft

  • maximum loft

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).