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storey

[ stawr-ee, stohr-ee ]

noun

Chiefly British.
plural storeys.


Storey

1

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. StoreyDavid (Malcolm)1933MBritishWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist 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

storey

2

/ 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
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yvlog 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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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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Decades of dumping has filled Arnold's Field with about 40,000 cubic metres of unregulated waste, two storeys deep.

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The application provides detailed designs for 336 proposed homes arranged in four blocks up to 16 storeys tall, along with outline plans for 629 more homes.

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The single storey building consists of five separate interconnecting buildings which are located around a cloistered courtyard and communal and administration areas.

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The school's two existing buildings will be demolished and replaced with a single two storey building, with temporary accommodation in place during the construction.

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