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noun
- 1. a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level: "a three-storey building"
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a level of a building: a three-storey house. Their new house has four storeys including the attic. Synonyms. floor (LEVEL OF BUILDING) level (FLOOR) Fewer examples. The proposed new office tower is a steel and glass structure 43 storeys high. My bedroom is on the third storey. Most of the houses in this street have three or four storeys.
A storey of a building is one of its different levels, which is situated above or below other levels. Houses must not be more than two storeys high. ...the upper storeys of the Empire State Building.
a level of a building: a three-storey house. Their new house has four storeys including the attic. Synonyms. floor (LEVEL OF BUILDING) level (FLOOR) Fewer examples. The proposed new office tower is a steel and glass structure 43 storeys high. My bedroom is on the third storey. Most of the houses in this street have three or four storeys.
Definition of storey noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. storey. noun. /ˈstɔːri/ (US English story) (plural storeys, US English stories) a level of a building; a floor. the upper/lower storey of the house. a single-storey/two-storey building. see also multi-storey. Homophones storey | story. Which Word? storey / floor.
A complete guide to the word "STOREY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
storey is apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: story n. See etymology. Nearby entries.
storey. noun [ C ] UK (US story) uk / ˈstɔːri / us. Add to word list. B2. a level of a building: a three-storey house. (Definition of storey from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Oct 18, 2024 · A floor or level of a building or ship. Synonyms: floor, level. Coordinate term: deck. For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely. a multi-storey car park. (typography) A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
n., pl. -ries, n. 1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse; tale. 2. a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel. 3. such narratives or tales as a branch of literature: song and story. 4. the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.
A storey (Commonwealth English) [1] or story (American English; see spelling differences), [2] is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are storeys (UK) and stories (US).
