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Meanings of multistorey in English

Having more than one story.

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Examples for "multistory"
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It was a sprawling multistory building, squatting like a surrealistic monster over the lake.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
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Somewhere distant in the multistory orphanage, she heard thumping.
Arcanum Unbounded
3
He made his fortune building multistory garages, and says he knows next to nothing about journalism.
The new yorker
4
The main problem is poorly constructed, multistory concrete residential buildings that become death traps during an earthquake.
Wired
5
The only things that interest me are man-made multistory structures that rise straight up from the ground.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
1
Five were laid out in a giant horseshoe, while the space between was filled with a multistoried mall.
Sword of god
2
More than 4,000 Israeli families dwell in stone-faced multistoried apartment blocks in this urban colony.
The Irish Times
3
Several multistoried, sprawling structures stood in various states of disrepair, providing countless nooks and crannies in which a man could hide.
Tough customer: a novel
Usage of multistorey in English
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They included a multistorey apartment block and, later, a nursing home.
The Irish Times
2
Yet, at the same time, I don't really want to see more multistorey car-parks.
The Irish Times
3
The multistorey house in which Shakespeare lodged no longer stands.
The Guardian
4
An obsolete multistorey car park is the ideal urban farm.
The Guardian
5
I remember parking in a multistorey and making tea with a portable gas stove.
The Irish Times
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The multistorey Reeks Gateway building was built for office and commercial use during the boom.
The Irish Times
7
When she docked she must tower above everything else like the multistorey apartments in Rome.
Shadows in Bronze
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The streets downtown were emptier still and the multistorey carpark I drove into was half-deserted.
The Irish Times
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Photo: SUPPLIED The plan is expected to allow for larger, multistorey housing developments in some neighbourhoods.
Radio NZ
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The multistorey building containing thousands of historical records collapsed on Tuesday, injuring at least one person.
The Irish Times
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The vast majority of the country's multistorey buildings have substandard fire protection, a fire protection specialist says.
Radio NZ
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By way of bonus, the sale also includes 105 parking spaces in a neighbouring multistorey car park.
The Irish Times
13
Damn, that meant he'd have to move fast to get to the multistorey before things turned ugly here.
The Departure
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It was a multistorey tenement block, once housing many immigrants from Ireland who worked in the nearby Liverpool docks.
The Irish Times
15
The venue is a gigantic tent on the top of a multistorey car park at the LA Live centre.
The Guardian
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Vehicles swerve between potholes as they whizz past handsome multistorey buildings faced in white stone sprouting in green fields.
The Irish Times
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