second-story

[sek-uh nd-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]

adjective

of or located on the second story or floor.

of or relating to a second-story man: The theft was a second-story job.

second floor

noun

the floor or story above the ground floor.

(in Britain and elsewhere outside the U.S.) the second story completely above ground level.Compare first floor.

Origin of second floor

First recorded in 1815–25

Also called second story.

second story

noun

second floor.

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Examples from the Web for second-story

Contemporary Examples of second-story

From a second-story window of a rooming house covered with red brick-patterned tarpaper comes the sound of a blues harmonica.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis
Stanley Booth
June 7, 2014
From the second-story lounge, I look out over a gorgeous pool, a candy-striped garden bar, and a mixed crowd of hip revelers.
The Secret Speakeasies of Buenos Aires
Jeff Campagna
February 25, 2014
Then, on Aug. 12, she was found beaten to death in a second-story bathroom of her home.
Georgetown Socialite Viola Drath Killed by Assassin, Husband Claims
Sandra McElwaine
November 19, 2011
I remember sitting on my bedroom floor in our second-story apartment watching the evening news.
How I Went From Prep School to Prison
John Forté
February 17, 2009

Historical Examples of second-story

They had quarreled, finally, on the morning of the episode of the second-story window.
The Pirate of Panama
William MacLeod Raine
Count, this house has a second-story loggia overlooking the atrium.
The Saracen: The Holy War
Robert Shea
Not since she was a little girl and fell from the second-story window.
Aunt Crete's Emancipation
Grace Livingston Hill
The water forced us out of the second-story up into the attic.
History of the Johnstown Flood
Willis Fletcher Johnson
Suddenly Jouret was seen to jump from a second-story window.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
Victor Rousseau

British Dictionary definitions for second-story

second floor

noun

British the storey of a building immediately above the first and two floors up from the groundUS and Canadian term: third floor

US and Canadian the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floorBritish equivalent: first floor

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