STOREY


Meaning of STOREY in English

(esp. BrE ) ( AmE usually story ) noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ lower

▪ top , upper

▪ first , second , etc.

He jumped out of the second-storey/second-story window.

VERB + STOREY/STORY

▪ have

The house has three ~s.

▪ occupy

The kitchen occupies the lower ~.

▪ add

They plan to add an extra ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

I live on the top ~.

PHRASES

▪ five, ten, etc. storeys/stories high , five, ten, etc. storeys/stories tall ( esp. AmE )

The building is four storeys/stories high.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .