storey
Americannoun
noun
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a floor or level of a building
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a set of rooms on one level
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of storey
C14: from Anglo-Latin historia, picture, from Latin: narrative, probably arising from the pictures on medieval windows
Example Sentences
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It includes plans for 33 apartments within three-and-a-half storey buildings and the demolition of the existing building to the east of Rodger's Quay.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Images, widely circulated online, showed huge snow piles reaching up to the second storey of buildings and people digging their way through roads as snow blanketed cars on either side.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
The Bicol peninsula was worst-hit, where floodwaters chased people and their pets to the second storey of their homes.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
And about 10,000m2 of disused rooms above the department store in the six storey building will be made into a hotel.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024
Now it was nothing more than one storey, maybe two, of jagged edges, melted poles, and broken cement.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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