multistory

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A form of multi-storey — Of a building, having more than one storey.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivemultistory (not comparable)
  1. CanadaUSalternativenot comparableAlternative form of multi-storey.

    A narrow multistory window bathes the ascent in natural light, the glow shifting over the course of the day in step with the sun.

    2026 May 28, Sam Cochran, “Feeling Zen”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 100
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    This city has opened a new front in its longstanding battle with billboard companies, ordering building owners to remove so-called supergraphic signs, enormous advertisements draped across multistory structures, after deeming them fire hazards.

    2009 February 2, Rebecca Cathcart, “Los Angeles Steps Up Fight on Large Ads”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
nounmultistory (plural multistories)

plural multistories

  1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative form of multi-storey.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving more than one story

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishstorey
  7. Englishstory
  8. Englishmultistory

From multi- + story.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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