Loft vs. Apartment

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.

Apartmentnoun

A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

Apartmentnoun

(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

Apartmentnoun

(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment

Apartmentnoun

A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

Apartmentnoun

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

Apartmentnoun

A set or suite of rooms.

Apartmentnoun

A compartment.

Apartmentnoun

A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases rented from the owner by those dwelling in them.

Apartmentnoun

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Apartmentnoun

a flat, typically one that is well appointed or used for holidays

Apartmentnoun

a suite of rooms forming one residence; a flat

Apartmentnoun

a block of apartments

Apartmentnoun

a set of private rooms in a very large house

Apartment

An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below.