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storey
sto·rey S0783100 (stôr′ē)n. Chiefly British Variant of story2.storey (ˈstɔːrɪ) or storyn, pl -reys or -ries1. (Architecture) a floor or level of a building2. (Architecture) a set of rooms on one level[C14: from Anglo-Latin historia, picture, from Latin: narrative, probably arising from the pictures on medieval windows]
Storey (ˈstɔːrɪ) n (Biography) David (Malcolm). born 1933, 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)sto•ry1 (ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i)
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. 5. a narration of incidents or events. 6. a report of the facts concerning a matter in question. 7. a lie; fabrication. 8. Archaic. history. v.t. 9. to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend. 10. Archaic. to tell the history or story of. [1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French estorie < Latin historia history] sto•ry2 (ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i)
n., pl. -ries. 1. a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor. 2. the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building. 3. any major horizontal architectural division, as of a facade. 4. a layer. Also, esp. Brit., storey. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-Latin historia picture decorating a building, a part of the building, hence floor, story; see story1] Sto•ry (ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i)
n. Joseph, 1779–1845, U.S. jurist. storey floor">floor1. 'storey'You refer to the different levels in a building as its storeys or floors. If you are saying how many levels a building has, you usually use storeys. They live in a house with four storeys.The school is a single-storey building.'Storey' is spelled story in American English. The plural of story is stories. The hospital is a six-story building.The hotel towers are each 30 stories high.2. 'floor'If you are talking about a particular level in a building, you usually use floor, not 'storey'. Don't say that something is on a particular 'storey'. You say that it is on a particular floor. My office is on the second floor.She rents a ground floor apartment.
story storey1. 'story'A story is a description of imaginary people and events, written or told in order to entertain people. The plural of story is stories. Tell me a story.Her stories about the boy wizard have sold millions of copies.A description of a series of real events can also be called a story. We sold the story of the expedition to the Daily Express.In American English, a story is also one of the floors or levels in a building. The house was four stories high.2. 'storey'In British English, one of these floors is called a storey. The house was three storeys high.See storey - floorThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  storey - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"floor, story, levelbasement, cellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storagebuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"first floor, ground floor, ground level - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the buildingattic, garret, loft - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storageloft - floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial spaceentresol, mezzanine floor, mezzanine - intermediate floor just above the ground floorstructure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
storeynoun floor, level, flight, deck, tier Houses must not be more than two storeys high.Translationsstorey (ˈstoːri) (plural ˈstoreys) story (plural ˈstories) noun one of the floors or levels in a building. an apartment block of seventeen storeys. 樓層 楼层-storeyed, -storiedA two-storied house is one with a ground floor and one floor above it. 有...層樓的 有...层楼的storey
top story1. Literally, a higher or the highest level of a building. The executives all have their offices in the top stories of the sky scraper. We converted the top story into a standalone apartment that we rent out.2. The brain; one's ability to think, understand, and rationalize. He's attractive, all right, but I don't think there's much going on in the top story. I never felt like I had a strong enough of an top story to do a master's degree.See also: story, topupper story1. Literally, a higher or the highest level of a building. The executives all have their offices in the upper stories of the skyscraper. We converted the upper story into a standalone apartment that we rent out.2. The brain; one's ability to think, understand, and rationalize. He's attractive, all right, but I don't think there's much going on in the upper story. I never felt like I had a strong enough of an upper story to do a master's degree.See also: story, uppertop story and upper storySl. the brain; one's mind and intellect. A little weak in the upper story, but other than that, a great guy. He has nothing for a top story.See also: story, topupper storyThe head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with "brains ... in his head" to a man who has "furniture in his upper story." See also: story, uppertop story and upper story n. the brain. I don’t think her top story is occupied. A little weak in the upper story, but other than that, a great guy. See also: story, topupper story verbSee top storySee also: story, upperstorey
storey (US), story1. a floor or level of a building 2. a set of rooms on one level
Storey David (Malcolm). born 1933, 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) story (Brit. storey)1. The space in a building between floor levels, or between a floor and a roof above. In some codes and ordinances a basement is considered as a story; generally a cellar is not. 2. A major architectural division even where no floor exists, as a tier or a row of windows.storey
Synonyms for storeynoun floorSynonymsSynonyms for storeynoun a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scaleSynonymsRelated Words- basement
- cellar
- building
- edifice
- first floor
- ground floor
- ground level
- attic
- garret
- loft
- entresol
- mezzanine floor
- mezzanine
- structure
- construction
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