Den vs Loft - What's the difference?
den | loft |
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
(a unit of weight)
(obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
* Bible, Acts xx. 9
To propel high into the air.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos
, work=BBC Sport
(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
As a noun loft is
air.den
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a den of robbers
- Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
- a den of vice
- an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:Verb
(denn)Etymology 2
From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Anagrams
* ----loft
English
Noun
(en noun)- an organ loft
- Eutychus fell down from the third loft .
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.}}