storey

/ˈstɔːri/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈstɔːri/

storey

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

sto - rey -> storey

Myanmar meaning

အလျားလိုက်ပိုင်းခြားမှုကို ဖြစ်စေသည့် အရာ (အဆောက်အဦး၏ အလွှာ ၊ အထပ် )။

Full entry

storey (US story) /'stↄ:ri/ n (pl storeys ; US stories )

အထပ်။ အဆင့်။ a single-storey building
❍ the upper/ lower storey ❍ an office block twenty storeys high ❍ live on the third storey of a block of flats ❍ a multi-storey car park.
❏ -storeyed (US -storied ) /-'stↄ:rid / adjs … ထပ်။ a six-storeyed building.

More examples

‘Towards the north end, the building rises to two storeys, and the roof of the colonnade forms an external gallery.’
‘The original building was two storeys with the upper floor being removed in 1866.’
‘Arches in three planes provide long spans in the prayer hall and carry the upper three storeys of the mosque.’
‘The apartments will be arranged in courtyards with the highest building rising to five storeys, including the penthouse level.’
‘Think of a jet faster than the Concorde, or a building taller than 120 storeys.’
‘The 10, 000 sq. ft. building has three storeys over a basement and also includes a car park with access from Tobergal Lane.’
‘The apartment blocks will range in size up to a maximum of four storeys above courtyard level, and the first phase of units will be ready for occupation within a year.’
‘Both buildings are three storeys with retail use at ground floor level and the upper floors in use as offices and storage.’
‘Inside the glass box are a large open dining room and living room, both two stories high.’
‘The whole building will be raised half a storey above the ground to comply with existing levels.’
‘A reinforced concrete structure, with doors and windows in steel, the building is eleven storeys, plus a roof terrace and basement.’
‘Less than one minute later, she was in Ms Kiss's office, on the second floor of the three storey building.’
‘She said work on the top floor of the three storey building began in January and is expected to be finished by the end of this month.’
‘Player, administration and spectator facilities are arranged on three levels underneath the grandstand, with changing areas on the lowest storey at pitch level.’
‘The three storey building comprises a ground floor retail unit and residential accommodation overhead.’
‘The building, four storeys high and designed to a taut geometry, is an abstract composition of concrete, stainless steel and glass.’
‘The new facility, which provides accommodation for 102 children in a two and a half storey building, is on a small site on Glenmorris Street.’
‘Steel girders have been used in its construction, which could allow for building of a second storey or mezzanine.’
‘Some went as high as five stories, the top floor usually containing servants' rooms.’
‘Its walls stand five-foot thick, the building is three storeys high with small castellated towers sticking out at the tops of each corner of the building.’

Synonyms

account, adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, barefaced lie, beat, biography, book, canard, check on, check up, chronicle, cliffhanger, cock-and-bull story, comedy, conte, corroborate, declare true, description, division, double check, drama, epic, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fantasy, feature, fib, fiction, floor, folktale, gag, give nod, history, information, item, landing, layer, legend, level, lie, long and short of it, memoir, misrepresentation, myth, narration, narrative, news, news item, nonfiction, novel, old saw, parable, piece, porky, potboiler, prevarication, recital, record, relation, report, romance, rubber-stamp, saga, scoop, section, sequel, serial, spiel, statement, tale, tier, tragedy, untruism, untruth, version, white lie, whopper, yarn

Antonyms

non-fiction, truth