storey — A 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
A family climbs between storeys of a bright, cheerful residential building
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Each storey stacked with glory and story — bearing worry through every floor
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🌳Etymology
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.
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“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.”
“The new shopping mall will have eight storeys including restaurants and a cinema.”
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