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loft

/lɔft/ noun B2
  1. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Such an attic used as an atelier. (countable, uncountable) · an artist's loft
  3. The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. (countable, uncountable) · maximum loft
  4. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc. (countable, uncountable) · a choir loft
  5. A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building. (US, countable, uncountable) · a Manhattan loft
  6. The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward). (countable, uncountable)
  7. A lofted drive. (countable, uncountable)

Plural lofts

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“Well, he was up in the loft at the time, so that I could not put it into his own hands, but I gave it into Mrs.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 76 · C1
“No, sir; I tell you he was in the loft.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 76 · C1
“If you didn’t see him, how do you know he was in the loft?”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 76 · C1
Their bedroom is in a loft above the main floor.
Life in a Tiny House, p. 1 · B1

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