loft
noun [C] /lɒft/
/lɑːft/ Definition
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).Roofs and parts of roofs › US an upper floor or roomFloors and parts of floors › an apartment in a large building that was previously used for industryHouses and homes
(Definition of loft noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- basement noun
- catwalk noun
- ceiling noun (TOP OF A ROOM)
- dais noun
- decking noun
- floor noun (SURFACE)
- flooring noun
- ground level noun
- landing noun (FLOOR)
- mezzanine noun
- planking noun
- platform noun (STRUCTURE)
- podium noun
- rostrum noun
- storey noun
- story noun (LEVEL)
- the first floor noun
- the ground floor noun
- the second floor noun
- woodblock noun
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