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cockloft

noun

ˈkäk-ˌlȯft

Definition of cockloft

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a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building the ski chalet features additional sleeping quarters in its cockloft, which is accessible through a pull-down ladder

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Recent Examples of cockloft Update City box 341 - 109 & 111 Chestnut St. Fire extended into the cockloft of both buildings. — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023 The fire was found in an apartment on the sixth floor of the building and quickly spread to the area between the apartment ceiling and the roof, known as the cockloft, according to the FDNY. — Amanda Jackson and Rob Frehse, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021 When the fire reaches the cockloft, the top of the roof explodes and shoots out flames. — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019

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The roof’s steep metal surface not only protects the home from cold winds, but creates enough height for an additional sleeping loft.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
There are loft-like attributes to them, and also the feeling of living in a penthouse.

— Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2026

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While sorting through boxes in the attic, DAR members Emily Fleming and Annie Smith found the gingerbread recipe in Mary Ball Washington’s diary.

— Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
Margaret’s attic, though blessedly private, was also hot in the summer, the best efforts of its in-window air conditioner insufficient for the heat that had been seeping upward all afternoon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

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