What's the difference between hayloft and loft?

Hayloft


Definition:

  • (n.) A loft or scaffold for hay.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As we rush back in time towards the war, the narrator is puzzled to find Odilo hiding in haylofts and cowsheds in the mountains between Austria and Italy.
  • (2) The hotel is in a traditional Walser building dating from 1721 and accessible only on foot or by ski lift, but has been made luxurious, with a sauna, shutters with heart-shaped holes, and gorgeous bedrooms in the former hayloft.

Loft


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation.
  • (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
  • (n.) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
  • (n.) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
  • (a.) Lofty; proud.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
  • (2) San Francisco Tenderloin map They could potentially gentrify this gritty, 50-block swath of downtown into condos, lofts, hipster bars, organic cafes and yoga studios, as has happened in other parts of San Francisco and the Bay area.
  • (3) It found that on average, loft insulation decreases home gas consumption by 1.7%, cavity wall insulation by 7.8% and a new boiler by 9.2% (median figures were slightly higher).
  • (4) This miscalibration, in turn, generates the orientation bias observed for deflector-loft birds.
  • (5) Toure then lofts a very neat ball over the defence and, though two City players are offside, Aguero is on.
  • (6) As well as 20 bedrooms there are a couple of loft-style apartments.
  • (7) Or take a free elevator ride to the roof of the old Sears Roebuck building ( southsideonlamar.com ) which is now loft housing.
  • (8) We are also embarking on the Great British Refurb; by regulating the energy companies we are insulating 6m homes between 2008 and 2012, with every suitable loft and cavity being insulated by 2015.
  • (9) Lofts it into the box and Barthez fumbles, gathers, then releases Henry.
  • (10) In addition, the cleaning of furniture and carpets cost £571.05, new loft insulation cost £546.75, and two claims for a chimney sweep were £43 and £75 respectively.
  • (11) I remember when Ornette moved into Manhattan to a loft on Prince Street in SoHo in the late 60s – he was ahead of the game on that front as well.
  • (12) He could only squirm in the stands as Robbie Keane lofted the clearest chance of the game into the face of Mark Schwarzer, who also foiled Kuyt and Torres.
  • (13) In his forthcoming book on the property market, All That is Solid , Danny Dorling describes how all those extensions and loft conversions means that at least a third of bedrooms in England and Wales – 22m – are "empty on any given night".
  • (14) In Britain, 10m (43%) of all lofts remain unlagged or very poorly lagged, and 8m houses with cavity walls (42%) have yet to be insulated.
  • (15) American, socialist and proud: meet Bernie Sanders's supporters Read more It’s 8pm on a Wednesday and in a Brooklyn loft, a Bernie Sanders screen-printing event is in full swing.
  • (16) He had already come close when, gifted the chance by a weak Julian Speroni punch, he lofted a shot into the unguarded net towards the end of a first 45 minutes that had tended to meander.
  • (17) Inexplicably, instead of rolling or walking the ball into an empty net, Giggs lofted a shot over the bar.
  • (18) He said he was strongly expecting the energy companies not to pass on the cost of the energy efficiency, or lag the loft, programme announced by Gordon Brown last month.
  • (19) Further, radio tracking revealed that the in-flight behavior of the hippocampal lesioned homing pigeons was characterized by numerous direction changes and generally poor orientation with respect to the home loft.
  • (20) All it took was Cesc Fàbregas’s lofted pass, arcing over Taylor, to open them up again.

Words possibly related to "hayloft"