storey

Everyday

1. A storey is one floor or level of a building. tree →
2. "Multi-storey" describes a building with many floors, like a multi-storey car park. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and maths, buildings are described by storeys: a two-storey house, a ten-storey block of flats. In maths problems, you may multiply storeys by height per storey. In stories, a giant may be "three storeys tall". Phrases: "a two-storey house", "multi-storey car park", "on the top storey".

Examples

• We live in a two-storey house. tree →
• The library is on the top storey of the building. tree →
• The multi-storey car park was full. tree →
• The giant was as tall as a three-storey building. tree →
• The new block of flats has twelve storeys. tree →
• If each storey is 3 metres high, a 5-storey building is about 15 metres tall. tree →
• His dwelling-house was a large building, three storeys high, with little turrets. tree →

Note

British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand spelling: storey, plural storeys. American spelling: story, plural stories — the same as a tale! So in American books "a three-story house" means floors, not tales. In maths: total height ≈ number of storeys × height of one storey. In the UK the "ground floor" is the bottom; in the USA that is the "first floor".