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

In the Darnytskyi district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be buried in the rubble. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

In the Darnytsia district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be trapped under the rubble. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 6 July 2026

In the Darnytsia district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be buried in the rubble. — ABC News, 5 July 2026

In Kyiv, the attack damaged civilian infrastructure, including a hotel in the central part of the city and an entire multistory residential building. — Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multistory

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