loft

noun

a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof

floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

verb

lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

kick or strike high in the air

propel through the air

store in a loft

Roots

loptloft- · Old Norse · air, sky

Synonyms for loft

atticn cockloftn garretn hayloftn housen workroomn

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Where does loft come from?

The word loft breaks down into one root of Old Norse origin: the root loft-, from Old Norse lopt (“air, sky”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.