Storey

Definition

storey ( US story) /'stↄ:ri/ n ( pl storeys ; US stories ) အထပ္။ အဆင့္။ 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 … ထပ္။ a six-storeyed building.

Examples

1. ‘Towards the north end
2. the building rises to two storeys
3. and the roof of the colonnade forms an external gallery.’
4. ‘The original building was two storeys with the upper floor being removed in 1866.’
5. ‘Arches in three planes provide long spans in the prayer hall and carry the upper three storeys of the mosque.’
6. ‘The apartments will be arranged in courtyards with the highest building rising to five storeys
7. including the penthouse level.’
8. ‘Think of a jet faster than the Concorde
9. or a building taller than 120 storeys.’
10. ‘The 10
11. 000 sq. ft. building has three storeys over a basement and also includes a car park with access from Tobergal Lane.’
12. ‘The apartment blocks will range in size up to a maximum of four storeys above courtyard level
13. and the first phase of units will be ready for occupation within a year.’
14. ‘Both buildings are three storeys with retail use at ground floor level and the upper floors in use as offices and storage.’
15. ‘Inside the glass box are a large open dining room and living room
16. both two stories high.’
17. ‘The whole building will be raised half a storey above the ground to comply with existing levels.’
18. ‘A reinforced concrete structure
19. with doors and windows in steel
20. the building is eleven storeys
21. plus a roof terrace and basement.’
22. ‘Less than one minute later
23. she was in Ms Kiss's office
24. on the second floor of the three storey building.’
25. ‘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.’
26. ‘Player
27. administration and spectator facilities are arranged on three levels underneath the grandstand
28. with changing areas on the lowest storey at pitch level.’
29. ‘The three storey building comprises a ground floor retail unit and residential accommodation overhead.’
30. ‘The building
31. four storeys high and designed to a taut geometry
32. is an abstract composition of concrete
33. stainless steel and glass.’
34. ‘The new facility
35. which provides accommodation for 102 children in a two and a half storey building
36. is on a small site on Glenmorris Street.’
37. ‘Steel girders have been used in its construction
38. which could allow for building of a second storey or mezzanine.’
39. ‘Some went as high as five stories
40. the top floor usually containing servants' rooms.’
41. ‘Its walls stand five-foot thick
42. the building is three storeys high with small castellated towers sticking out at the tops of each corner of the building.’