Meanings
- 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 1001 more example
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
plural multistories
- CanadaUSalternativeAlternative form of multi-storey.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving more than one story
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishstorey
- Englishstory
- Englishmultistory
Cite this entry
multistory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multistory
“multistory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multistory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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