storey

UK /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/ US /ˈstɔɹ.i/

noun 3name 2

Definitions

noun

A floor or level of a building or ship.

For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.

a multi-storey car park

A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.

The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey

A building; an edifice.

name

A surname.

An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

lower

top, upper

VERB + STOREY

have

The apartment building has five storeys and an underground car park.

occupy

The company's offices occupy the entire top storey of the building.

PREP

on a/the ~

The office has a café on the second storey where employees can take their lunch break.

PHRASES

5/10, etc. storeys high

My grandmother's apartment is on the tenth storey high in the city centre.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

upper storey

A person's brain.

I think there's something the matter with his upper storey!

Example Bank

For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.

Wiktionary

a multi-storey car park

Wiktionary

It was re-built in the year 1659, and conſiſts of two ſtories of aſhler work.—The loweſt, or ground flat, on each ſide of the main gate, is occupied by ſhops, and in the ſecond ſtorey, a range of larg

Wiktionary

Did you hear the story about the bungee jumper who died because he miscalculated the height of each storey before diving off a building?

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I live on the top floor of a six storey apartment block.

Tatoeba · #3791451

Sami jumped out of the second storey window.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, storey is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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