Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
story .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
story .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
floor orlevel of abuilding orship .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Etymologies
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Examples
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To the top of the eighth storey, which is the first addition, dating from the sixteenth century, now used as a belfry, the height is about 220 feet.
Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886
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The Dining Hall, with its lobby and organ-gallery, occupies the entire storey, which is 187 feet long, 51 feet wide, and 47 feet high; it is lit by nine large windows, filled with stained glass on the south side; and is, next to Westminster Hall, the noblest room in the metropolis.
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 1872
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The Dining Hall, with its lobby and organ-gallery, occupies the entire storey, which is 187 feet long, 51 feet wide, and 47 feet high; it is lit by nine large windows, filled with stained glass on the south side; and is, next to Westminster Hall, the noblest room in the metropolis.
The Prince and the Pauper, Part 9. Mark Twain 1872
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The obvious lesson to be gained from this episopde is to instantly report any confrontations to the police immediately too ensure that your "storey" is to be on record first.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The furs coming in the back door of this four-storey, nineteenth century red brick warehouse, had once covered living, breathing animals, now deceased and subject to the Law of Entropy.
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As we will be in our 60's upon retirement we are considering a 3 bed single storey home within reasonable reach of good healthcare (say 1 hour), although currently our health is fine.
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As we will be in our 60's upon retirement we are considering a 3 bed single storey home within reasonable reach of good healthcare (say 1 hour), although currently our health is fine.
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Next to the Mansión de don Aurelio Ibarra (# 15) is don Aurelio's old, two-storey mercantile building, built at the end of the last century.
El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona 2009
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I started construction and completed a 2 storey 3 Bedroom, 2 full bath, Lr, Dr/kit/laundry room, 2 roof top terraces home with an adjoining but separate mother-in law studio apartment and an enclosed parking space.
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The top stair landing in Mi Pullman, a beautiful three storey, art nouveau town house in Chapala, Mexico.
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