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DictionaryloftOpen-plan living or working space
noun / verb

loft

LAWFT/lɔːft/

An open upper space within a building.

A wooden ladder leads to the loft above the kitchen.

Cozy open loft room beneath sloping timber roof, bed books and stairs leading down.
Etymology
loftOld Norseair, sky; upper story

Old Norse lopt carried meanings of air or sky and an upper story. English first used the word for the sky or air, then extended it to an upper chamber.

In context

Refurbishment Mastery with Martin Rapley0:35
go up into the loft yourself stand up there and see how much space you've got between the top of your head and the existing roof
Converting A Loft Into Habitable Space

More examples

  • She rents a bright loft in a converted warehouse.
  • We store extra blankets in the cabin's sleeping loft.
  • The building's upper floors contain spacious lofts used as art studios.

Forms

loft · lofts · lofted · lofting

Similar words

attic
An attic sits directly under the roof and is often enclosed.
mezzanine
A mezzanine is an intermediate floor overlooking a lower level.
studio
A studio need not occupy an upper floor or converted building.