Attic vs. Loft

Atticnoun

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

Atticadjective

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.

Atticnoun

A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; - a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:

Atticnoun

An Athenian; an Athenian author.

Atticnoun

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

Atticnoun

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens

Atticnoun

informal terms for a human head

Atticnoun

(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

Atticadjective

of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times;

Attic

An attic (sometimes referred to as a loft) is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a sky parlor or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-reach corners.

Loftnoun

air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

Loftnoun

An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

Loftnoun

(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

Loftnoun

A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.

Loftnoun

(golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

Loftnoun

(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

Loftverb

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

Loftverb

(intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

Loftverb

(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

Loftadjective

lofty; proud; haughty

Loftnoun

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

Loftnoun

Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

Loftadjective

Lofty; proud.

Loftverb

To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.

Loftverb

To raise aloft; to send into the air;

Loftnoun

floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

Loftnoun

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

Loftnoun

a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

Loftverb

store in a loft

Loftverb

propel through the air;

Loftverb

kick or strike high in the air;

Loftverb

lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Loft

A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage). A loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use (a converted loft) from some other use, often light industrial.