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Meanings of loft in English

Portuguese
mansarda
Catalan
golfes
Spanish
loft

Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.

mansarda
Catalan
colomer

A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept.

colomer
Usage of loft in English
1
At the last possible moment, however, the train seemed to loft upwards.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
2
The oldest boys slept in a big wooden bed in the loft.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
The King accepted the invitation and went to bed in the loft.
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
4
The freshmen now began to search in the loft of the barn.
Winning His "W": A Story of Freshman Year at College
5
In the large open loft space, the company hadn't finished moving in.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
6
I started on my left and systematically searched the large, open loft.
Mob rules
7
She saw the pegs in the wall that led to the loft.
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
8
The Story Girl and I were looking for eggs in the loft.
The Golden Road
9
Claude was in a bed in the loft, between Gerhardt and Bruger.
One of Ours
10
They climbed up into the barn loft and looked in the hay.
Five Little Friends
11
Get him up to the loft and lay him in the hay.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
12
In my loft by the lemon-houses now I should hear the guns.
Twilight in Italy
13
Hill had made a hiding place in the loft above the garage.
The Hampstead Mystery
14
But ere he got farther the moonlight in the loft was darkened.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
15
The dancing went on but nobody could be found in the loft.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
16
The owner of the loft was there and noted the strange Bird.
Animal Heroes
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Spanish
loft
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Loft across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
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