Aloft vs. Loft

Aloftadverb

At, to, or in the air or sky.

‘high winds aloft’;

Loftnoun

air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

Aloftadverb

Above, overhead, in a high place; up.

Loftnoun

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

Aloftadverb

(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.

Loftnoun

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

Aloftadverb

On high; in the air; high above the ground.

Loftnoun

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

‘an organ loft’;

Aloftadverb

In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.

Loftnoun

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

Aloftpreposition

Above; on top of.

‘Fresh waters run aloft the sea.’;

Loftnoun

(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

Aloftadverb

at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;

‘climbed aloft to unfurl the sail’;

Loftverb

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

Aloftadverb

upward;

‘the good news sent her spirits aloft’;

Loftverb

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

Aloftadverb

at or to great height; high up in or into the air;

‘eagles were soaring aloft’; ‘dust is whirled aloft’;

Loftverb

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

Aloftadverb

in the higher atmosphere above the earth;

‘weather conditions aloft are fine’;

Loftadjective

lofty; proud; haughty

Loftnoun

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

‘Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.’;

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.

‘A wooden club with a lofted face.’;

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;

‘The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air’;

Loftverb

kick or strike high in the air;

‘loft a ball’;

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.