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storeyA level of a building; a floor

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A level of a building; a floor

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈstɔːri/

Korean meaning: (건물의) 층

Korean pronunciation: **스토**리

Example Sentences

  • My cat somehow climbed up to the fifth storey and refuses to come down.
  • The apartment building has twenty storeys and two elevators that are always broken.
  • We live in a single-storey house, so our upstairs neighbors are just birds on the roof.

storey

NOUN

//ˈstɔːri//

A level of a building; a floor

storey concept
💡 Concept

A family climbs between storeys of a bright, cheerful residential building

storey rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Each storey stacked with glory and story — bearing worry through every floor

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈstɔːri/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈstɔːri/

🌳Etymology

Rootstor-
Suffix--ey

Origin

From Medieval Latin 'historia' meaning 'story' or 'narrative'. The building sense developed from medieval architecture where each floor featured different carved or painted stories.

🎵Rhyme

storygloryworry
story
glory
worry

🔗Collocations

top storey
two-storey house
ground storey
upper storey
multi-storey building

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat somehow climbed up to the fifth storey and refuses to come down.

😄 Fun example

The apartment building has twenty storeys and two elevators that are always broken.

😄 Fun example

We live in a single-storey house, so our upstairs neighbors are just birds on the roof.

The new shopping mall will have eight storeys including restaurants and a cinema.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

floorleveltierdeck

Antonyms

basementground level

Related

buildingapartmentelevatorstairsstructure

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