loft

noun

• 1a room or space directly under the roof of a house or other building, used for accommodation or storage: the best way to prevent this heat loss is by insulating the loft [as modifier]:loft conversions
• a gallery in a church or hall:a choir loft
• a large, open area in a warehouse, factory, or other large building that has been converted into living space.
• a pigeon house.
• US part of a room on a higher level than the rest of the room.

• 2 [mass noun] Golf upward inclination given to the ball in a stroke.
• backward slope of the head of a club, designed to give upward inclination to the ball: the extra loft reduces sidespin

• 3 [mass noun] the thickness of insulating matter in an object such as a sleeping bag.

verb

• 1 [with object and adverbial of direction] kick, hit, or throw (a ball or missile) high up:he lofted the ball over the goalkeeper

• 2 [with object] (usually as adjective lofted) give backward slope to the head of (a golf club):a lofted metal club