storey : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: storey	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for storey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
storey n a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" Synonym(s): floor, level, storey, story
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Storey \Sto"rey\, n. See {Story}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[82], estor[82]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also {storey}.] Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall.