loftnoun [ C ]
uk/lɒft/us/lɑːft/C2 a space at the top of a building under the roof used for storing things and usually entered by a ladder, or sometimes made into a room for living in:
The firm specializes in loft conversions (= making lofts into rooms).
US an upper floor or room
an apartment in a large building that was previously used for industry
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- I keep my old books in the loft.
- I think I'll stow the camping equipment away in the loft until next summer.
- There are rats in our loft.
- We are planning to convert our loft into an office.
- He climbed the ladder into the loft.
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Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs
- chimney pot
- chimney stack
- cupola
- dome
- domed
- eave
- frieze
- mansard roof
- pediment
- pitch
- rafter
- ridge
- roof
- roof sth in/over
- roofer
- shingle
- slate
- thatcher
- tile
- turret
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Parts of buildings: floors & parts of floors
Houses & homes
loftverb [ T ]
uk/lɒft/us/lɑːft/to hit a ball high
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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