multistory

adjective

mul·​ti·​sto·​ry ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ē 

-ˌtī-

variants or less commonly multistoried

ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ēd 

-ˌtī-

or chiefly British multistorey

ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ē 

-ˌtī-

of a building

: having more than two stories

a multistory apartment building

Examples of multistory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Arrowhead also included an elegant multistory apartment, where the Hunt family, the owners of the Chiefs, reportedly still views home games in what is now branded GEHA Field. —John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

Zelenskyy confirmed that multistory residential buildings had been hit in the city, and said others may be trapped under the rubble. —Garrett Haake, NBC news, 19 Nov. 2025

The multistory podium is the concrete-heavy structure at the base of the complex that connects all five towers. —Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025

Lebanon's border villages are a mixture of simple concrete houses and multistory stone mansions built for extended families often with money made from years of working abroad. —Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multistory

• allegory
• amatory
• auditory
• category
• clerestory
• crematory
• desultory
• dilatory
• dormitory
• excretory
• extempore
• feudatory