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• organ loft — noun a gallery occupied by a church organ • Hypernyms: ↑gallery * * * ˈorgan loft [organ loft organ lofts] noun a place where there is an organ high above the ground in a church or concert hall …   Useful english dictionary

• Loft — (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ] 1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Loft — For other uses, see Loft (disambiguation). A former warehouse for printing presses converted to a loft apartment on Chicago s Near West Side. A loft can be an upper story or attic in a building, directly under the roof. Alternatively, a loft… …   Wikipedia

• loft — loftless, adj. /lawft, loft/, n. 1. a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret. 2. a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., designed for a special purpose: a choir loft. 3. a hayloft. 4. an upper story of a… …   Universalium

• loft — I UK [lɒft] / US [lɔft] noun [countable] Word forms loft : singular loft plural lofts * 1) a space under the roof of a building, often used for storing things I ve put all the baby equipment up in the loft. a) the upper floor in a farm building… …   English dictionary

• loft — loft1 [ lɔft ] noun count 1. ) an upper floor in a factory or similar building that has been made into apartments: a loft apartment a ) the upper floor in a farm building used for storing HAY: a hay loft b ) an upper floor built out from the wall …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• loft — 1 noun 1 ON A FARM (C) a raised area in a barn used for keeping hay (1) or other crops: a hayloft 2 UNDER A ROOF (C) BrE a room or space under the roof of a building; attic 3 TYPE OF ROOM/BUILDING (C) especially AmE a) a room that is on a raised… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• organ — n. 1 a a usu. large musical instrument having pipes supplied with air from bellows, sounded by keys, and distributed into sets or stops which form partial organs, each with a separate keyboard (choir organ; pedal organ). b a smaller instrument… …   Useful english dictionary

• loft — n. & v. n. 1 the space under the roof of a house, above the ceiling of the top floor; an attic. 2 a room over a stable, esp. for hay and straw. 3 a gallery in a church or hall (organ loft). 4 US an upstairs room. 5 a pigeon house. 6 Golf a a… …   Useful english dictionary

• On loft — Loft Loft (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ] 1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• loft — loft1 [lɔft US lo:ft] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(under a roof)¦ 2¦(on a farm)¦ 3¦(part of a room)¦ 4¦(type of apartment)¦ 5¦(for birds)¦ 6¦(in a church)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 900 1000; : Old Norse; Origin: lopt air, upstairs room ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English