Meaning & use

Storeys

noun·Everyday

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Levels or floors of a building.

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The new office tower has forty storeys.

Fire crews evacuated residents from the upper storeys of the building.

A note on using this word

'Storeys' is the standard British English plural of 'storey,' while American English typically uses 'stories.'

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