storey
One horizontal section
A storey is one level of a building, the space between one floor and the next: a three-storey house, the upper storeys of the office tower.
This is the standard British spelling; Americans write story.
The plural is storeys.
Indoor walking surface
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
- basementSubterranean building level
- atticSpace beneath the roof
loft · ground-floor · penthouse · landing · elevator · staircase · lift · escalator
Height above reference point
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- headroomOverhead vertical space
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
verticality · scale · proportion · dimension · spaciousness · volume · airiness · loftiness
floor
Indoor walking surface
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
- basementSubterranean building level
attic · loft · ground-floor · penthouse · landing · elevator · staircase · lift · escalator · apartment
elevation
Height above reference point
altitude · verticality · scale · proportion · dimension · spaciousness · volume · airiness · loftiness · upper
tale
Spoken or written narrative
theme · narrator · characters · setting · climax · conflict · fable · myth · legend · folklore
- spellingscolour, color, favour, favor, honour
- Old Spellingsaether, connexion, magick, shew, shoppe
- flooringhardwood, hardwood flooring, laminate, vinyl, tile
- tall buildingsskyscraper, high-rise, tower block, office tower, luxury tower
- true storyNarrative of actual events
- love storyNarrative of romantic involvement
- ghost storiesTales of the supernatural
- bedtime storyTale told at tuck-in
- horror storyNarrative intended to terrify
- bedtime storiesNarratives read before sleep