loft

English

/lɔft/, /lɑft/, /lɒft/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
  • An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
  • (textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
  • A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
  • (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
  • (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lofte (loft, sky, air, upper region) inherited from Old English loft derived from Old Norse lopt (air, attic, loft, region of sky, upper chamber, sky) derived from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (air, upper region, sky, roof).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*luftuz

Gloss

air, upper region, sky, roof

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

気

Emoji
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