Meaning of "storey" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STOREY

From Anglo-Latin historia, picture, from Latin: narrative, probably arising from the pictures on medieval windows.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STOREY

storey  [ˈstɔːrɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOREY

Storey is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STOREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Storey

A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people. The plurals are storeys and stories, respectively. The terms floor, level, or deck can also be used in this sense; except that one may use "ground floor" and "ground level" for the floor closer to what is considered the ground or street level. The words "storey" and "floor" also generally exclude levels of the building that have no roof, even if they are used by people—such as the terrace on the top roof of many buildings. Houses commonly have only one or two floors. Buildings are often classified as low-rise, mid-rise, and high-rise according to how many levels they contain; but these categories are not well-defined. The tallest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa, has 163 floors. As of 2013, the tallest planned skyscraper, Sky City, is planned to have 202 floors. The height of each storey is based on the ceiling height of the rooms plus the thickness of the floors between each pain. Generally this is around 10 feet or 3 metres total, however it varies widely from just under this figure to well over it.

Definition of storey in the English dictionary

The definition of storey in the dictionary is a floor or level of a building. Other definition of storey is a set of rooms on one level.

SYNONYMS OF «STOREY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «storey» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of storey

deck · flight · floor · level · tier

TRANSLATION OF STOREY

Find out the translation of storey to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of storey from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «storey» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 层高
• Translator English - Spanish: plantas
• English: storey
• Translator English - Hindi: मंजिला
• Translator English - Arabic: طوابق
• Translator English - Russian: этажный
• Translator English - Portuguese: andares
• Translator English - Bengali: তলা
• Translator English - French: étage
• Translator English - Malay: Tingkat
• Translator English - German: Stockwerk
• Translator English - Japanese: 階
• Translator English - Korean: 층
• Translator English - Javanese: Lantai
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tầng
• Translator English - Tamil: மாடி
• Translator English - Marathi: मजला
• Translator English - Turkish: kat
• Translator English - Italian: piani
• Translator English - Polish: kondygnacyjny
• Translator English - Ukrainian: поверховий
• Translator English - Romanian: etaje
• Translator English - Greek: ορόφων
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verdieping
• Translator English - Swedish: storey
• Translator English - Norwegian: etasjes

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOREY»

Discover the use of storey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to storey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Little Miss Strange: A Novel

This is the book for anyone who wants to become more self-reliant, from suburbanites with 1/4 of an acre to country homesteaders with several.

Joanna Rose, 2010

The Seven Storey Mountain

A celebration of Merton's spiritual autobiography is accompanied by an introduction from the editor and a note from Merton's biographer

Thomas Merton, 1999

US Government and Politics

This book covers the key issues, political systems and governing institutions at the heart of these disagreements, outlining the thinking behind the main points of view, to help its readers decide for themselves which viewpoint they find ...

William Storey, 2010

Structural Analysis of Regular Multi-Storey Buildings

This guide deals with two categories of multi-storey structures. It can be used for the plane stress, stability and frequency analysis of individual bracing units such as frameworks, coupled shear walls and cores.

Karoly A. Zalka, 2012

Inventing Popular Culture: From Folklore to Globalization

The book does not present an analysis of particular texts and activities which have been, or could be defined as, popular culture; instead it explores the changing intellectual ways of constructing texts and activities as popular culture ...

John Storey, 2009

Carnal Commerce in Counter-Reformation Rome

A 2008 study of the daily lives and material culture of prostitutes and their clients in Rome, 1566-1656.

Tessa Storey, 2008

The Art of Persuasive Communication

Revealing the secrets of successful persuaders, this text sets out the principles governing the influencing process and looks at the range of situations in which they can be applied.

Richard Storey, 1997

Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction

In this 6th edition of his successful Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout.

John Storey, 2014

Angels of Divine Light

Profoundly moving - and with a range of questions about issues such as death, relationships, the state of the planet, and many more, all answered by the Angels - this is an inspiring story of hope and forgiveness, and a testament to the ...

Aidan Storey, 2010

The 39-Storey Treehouse

Join Andy and Terry in their astonishing 39-storey treehouse!

Andy Griffiths, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOREY»

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Four-storey building collapses in West Delhi, death toll reaches 9

Nine people were killed, while eight others, including some children were injured when a four-storey building collapsed in West Delhi's Vishnu Garden area on ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Delhi: Three-storey building collapses, one killed, 11 injured

One person was killed and at least nine others were injured when a three-storey residential building collapsed following an explosion in a cooking gas cylinder ... «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 15»

Para-cycling Worlds: Sarah Storey wins second gold in Apeldoorn

Storey won her sixth successive pursuit title since first entering the event in 2007, and her 11th world title in the sport since switching from swimming. «BBC Sport, Mar 15»

Chinese firm builds 57-storey block in 19 days at a rate of three …

And as this time-lapse video shows, the Mini Sky City building was put up brick by brick at a rate of three full storeys a day in Changsha, the capital of Hunan ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

Four dead and three injured in A470 Storey Arms crash

The incident, involving two Volkswagen Golf cars, happened near Storey Arms at about 22:15 GMT on Friday. Five teenage male drivers from vehicles believed ... «BBC News, Mar 15»

Sarah Storey misses Hour Record by 563m

Dame Sarah Storey has fallen just short in her attempt to set a new women's Hour Record, completing 45.502km and falling short of the existing mark by 563m. «Cycling Weekly, Feb 15»

Walter Storey Executed For Killing Special Ed Teacher Jill Frey

Walter Timothy Storey was the first Missouri inmate put to death this year after a record 10 executions in 2014. His fate was sealed when the U.S. Supreme Court ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»

Miles Storey: Newport County sign Swindon Town striker on loan

Newport County have completed the signing of striker Miles Storey on a month's loan from Swindon Town. The 21-year-old spent the first half of the season at ... «BBC News, Jan 15»

Miles Storey: Northampton Town pull out of deal for Swindon striker

Northampton Town have pulled out of a deal to sign Swindon Town striker Miles Storey on loan. The Cobblers say they had verbally agreed for Storey to spend ... «BBC News, Jan 15»

Missouri sets execution date for Walter Storey

Walter Timothy Storey is scheduled to die by lethal injection February 11 for the murder ... found at the scene and in an apartment dumpster led police to Storey. «Missourinet.com, Dec 14»