loft
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Is loft a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.countableobsoleteuncountable
2. (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.Examples: "maximum loft"countableuncountable
3. (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.Examples: "a Manhattan loft"; "Today, with a loft in Manhattan and a condo in Century City, they are the epitome of the bi-coastal couple."UScountableuncountable
4. (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).countableuncountable
5. (cricket) A lofted drive.countableuncountable
6. (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.Examples: "Eutychus […] fell down from the third loft."countableobsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To propel high into the air.Examples: "Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal."transitive
2. (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelledExamples: "When she saw houses lofting past her window, she ran to the child, who slept on a feather bed and she gathered the coverlet around them both."intransitive
3. (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
4. (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.Examples: "Two sisters, one under fifteen years of age, have lofted the house, so as to have a room for themselves."transitive
5. (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.Examples: "Lofting a bed is much harder work than it seems, and pulling a nail out with the back of a hammer is much simpler than using your own nails."transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete, rare) lofty; proud; haughtyExamples: "A heart, where dread was never so imprest To hide the thought that might the truth advance; In neither fortune loft, nor yet represt"obsoleterare
noun (English)
1. (nuclear industry) loss of fluid testSynonyms: loss of fluid test
Definition source: Wiktionary