loft

1. 1.

   store in a loft

   Broaderstore
2. 2.

   propel through the air

   “The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air”

   Broaderpropel
3. 3.

   kick or strike high in the air

   “loft a ball”

   Broaderhit
4. 4.

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

   Broaderlay out

Other forms of loft

plural

lofts·

past tense

lofted·

present participle

lofting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loft

What does loft mean?

loft means "floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loft?

loft has 1 syllable: loft. In IPA it is /ˈlɔft/.

What is another word for loft?

Close synonyms include attic, garret, pigeon loft. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loft a common word?

loft is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with loft?

2 words rhyme with loft. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.