multistory

adjective

mul·​ti·​sto·​ry ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ē How to pronounce multistory (audio)
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variants or less commonly multistoried or chiefly British multistorey
of a building
: having more than two stories
a multistory apartment building

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As many as four devices that regularly pinged from Ramstein Air Base were later tracked to nearby brothels off base, including a multistory facility called SexWorld. Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024 The girls are grown, and Veronica, an unseen presence in the towering, multistory boarding house, is dying, upstairs and offstage. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 Catch up quick: The Development at Cadillac Square is planned with 1.5 million square feet of office, entertainment and retail space and a multistory food hall set around the former National Theatre along Monroe Street by Campus Martius. Annalise Frank, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 The researchers say that the discovery could enable food to be grown hydroponically in multistory buildings rather than fields. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multistory 

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multistory was in 1871

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“Multistory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistory. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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