Word forms: plural storeysregional note: in AM, use story
countable noun
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.
Synonyms: floor, level, flight, deck More Synonyms of storey
-storey
(-stɔːri)
regional note: in AM, use -story
1. combining form
-storey is used after numbers to form adjectives that indicate that a building has a particular number of floors or levels.
...a modern three-storey building.
2. See also multi-storey
storey in British English
or US story (ˈstɔːrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-reys or -ries
1.
a floor or level of a building
2.
a set of rooms on one level
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-Latin historia, picture, from Latin: narrative, probably arising from the pictures on medieval windows
Storey in British English
(ˈstɔːrɪ)
noun
David (Malcolm). (1933–2017), British novelist and dramatist. His best-known works include the novels This Sporting Life (1960) and A Serious Man (1998) and the plays In Celebration (1969), Home (1970), and Stages (1992)
storey in American English
(ˈstɔri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈstoreys
British
story2
COBUILD Collocations
storey
incredible stories
negative stories
personal stories
sad stories
short stories
similar stories
success stories
Examples of 'storey' in a sentence
storey
These upper storeys are connected by a floating staircase.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Two stories use different metaphors to make much the same point.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Their social superiors have larger houses of two storeys.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They have all the stories in one place instead of having to search lots of websites.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
No residential building can be more than five storeys high.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This allowed the architects to squeeze three storeys below the maximum height allowed by planners.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One of the above stories is not true.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What stories he must have to tell.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The upper storeys looked like anonymous rental apartments.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These are two different stories twinned by similar gender issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The house is five storeys high and has been extended to almost twice its original size.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The rise and rise of debt has been one of the stories of our age.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nor are they usually built above two storeys high.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We must remember biblical stories are not morality plays where good and evil are obvious.
Christianity Today (2000)
But against a tsunami there is little defence except good luck and the protection of upper storeys.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She visited us at the house and shared stories and photographs with us.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It has been one of the few success stories on the high street as shoppers trade down to value stores.
The Sun (2008)
Their stories are set anywhere, anytime.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The street 50 storeys below was a busy one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I saw a building of nine storeys collapse right in front of me.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At present, arcane building laws impose fierce restrictions on floor space and the number of storeys that a building can have.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A refurbished four-bedroom townhouse set over five storeys with two roof terraces.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is not known whether he was wearing safety equipment or how many of the building 's four storeys he scaled before finding an open window.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Word lists with
storey
terms used in architecture
All related terms of 'storey'
six-storey
having six floors or storeys
two-storey
(of a building) having two floors or levels
multi-storey
A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
single-storey
(of a building) having only one floor or level
storey house
(in W Africa ) a house having more than one storey
Chinese translation of 'storey'
storey
or (US) story
(ˈstɔːrɪ)
n(c)
层(層) (céng)
Nearby words of
storey
store
store up
storekeeper
storey
storm
stormy
story
Related terms of
storey
multi-storey
(noun)
Definition
a floor or level of a building
Houses must not be more than two storeys high.
Synonyms
floor
It's on the fifth floor of the hospital.
level
flight
deck
tier
an auditorium with tiers of seats around and above it
Additional synonyms
in the sense of tier
Definition
one of a set of rows placed one above and behind the other, such as theatre seats
an auditorium with tiers of seats around and above it