Definition of Storey

1. Noun. A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. "What level is the office on?"

Exact synonyms: Floor, Level, Story
Specialized synonyms: Basement, Cellar, First Floor, Ground Floor, Ground Level, Attic, Garret, Loft, Loft, Entresol, Mezzanine, Mezzanine Floor
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure

Definition of Storey

1. n. See Story.

Definition of Storey

1. Noun. A floor or level of a building or ship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Storey

1. a horizontal division of a building [n -REYS] : STOREYED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Storey

storeman
storemen
storeowner
storeowners
storer
storeroom
storerooms
storers
stores
storeship
storeships
storeward
storewide
storeworker
storeworkers
storey (current term)
storeyed
storeys
storge
storges
storial
storiated
storiation
storiations
storie
storied
storier
storiers
stories
storified

Literary usage of Storey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... to vindicate them, and contend to further evil and mischief." —Life of THOMAS storey, p. 319. [storey'i Account of Hit Recovery from ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1889)
"Orville Mining Co., 66 Cal. 649, 654. storey v. storey. ... J. Maria P. storey was married to Wilbur P. storey in June, 1847, and lived with him as his wife ..."

3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"5) : " Ground storey," "means, that storey of a Building to which there is an entrance from the outside on or near the level of the ground, and where there ..."

4. Bygone Days in Chicago: Recollections of the "Garden City" of the Sixties by Frederick Francis Cook (1910)
"WILBUR F. storey, the great editor of the Times, like many another extreme "Copperhead" — or, for that matter, Abolitionist — was a logical product of ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"Cochrane, storey, Wade, Good- enough, and Ferguson. ... For storey was able to give important assistance to Jeffreys in wringing fifteen thousand pounds out ..."

6. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1908)
"Starching and sponging house, 1 storey. 3. Lumber store, north and east walls of timber, ... Blueing and starching, 1 storey. The wall between Nos. ..."

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