storey

[US]/ˈstɔːri/
[UK]/ˈstɔːri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a level of a building; a layer stacked on top of another.

Phrases & Collocations

single-storey building

two-storey house

three-storey apartment

multi-storey shopping mall

storey height regulations

Example Sentences

this stodgy three-storey building.

the monastery was several three-storey buildings.

the 72-storey monolith overlooking the waterfront.

That new multi-storey carpark is a real eyesore.

the shopping centre, a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete.

rows of two-storey houses are slowly rising.

a one-fifth scale model of a seven-storey building.

The upper storey projects over the street.

There's a nine-storey apartment building next to the bank.

the great four-storey houses were interspaced with the ramshackle cottages of the workmen.

Its top (cover) is a firing pearl strong pedestal which the top is flamy and the cover was sculptured six birds, drawing up storey by story.

Real-world Examples

Well it's like a small bungalow. It's one storey.

Source: American English dialogue

Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

" It's still a department store downstairs, but they added three new storeys on top, " said Hunt.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

There are at least 200 buildings, many of them ten storeys tall .

Source: The Economist - China

The Potala is thirteen storeys tall and has more than 1,000 rooms.

Source: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Grade 10 First Semester

But on Mercury, with such low gravity, the fountain could eject lava 30 storeys high.

Source: The History Channel documentary "Cosmos"

If I came upon them anywhere, it would be in the railway-tunnels of the topmost storey.

Source: The machine has stopped operating.

They travel in family groups and find everything they need in the top storey of the jungle.

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

''My towers are going to be taller than your dome'', he says. Three storeys tall, in fact.

Source: The Power of Art - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

The lobby in 425 Park Avenue, an office block round the corner from One Vanderbilt, is three storeys tall.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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