storey

Definitions


[ˈstɔːri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level
(e.g: each tower would be 14 storeys high)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Latin historia ‘history, story’, a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject)




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