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storey

[stawr-ee, stohr-ee]

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

storeys 
  1. story.



storey

1

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. a floor or level of a building

  2. a set of rooms on one level

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Storey

2

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. 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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of storey1

C14: from Anglo-Latin historia, picture, from Latin: narrative, probably arising from the pictures on medieval windows
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The vehicle involved was believed to have fallen from the third storey.

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Footage has emerged showing several storeys of one such building on fire.

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The 67-year-old said she avoids having guests in her 24th storey Northolt council flat because she does not like people seeing the mould, which plagues almost every room.

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The excavation has so far revealed sections of stone wall that formed the base of the basilica, which would have been two-and-a-half storeys high.

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Six fire engines were sent to Blairlinn Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld at 14:35 where a single storey building was found to be "well alight".

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