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

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

Pathways between tents turned into roads among tightly packed multistory buildings—some so narrow that ambulances could not pass. —Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

Floors are removed in every house — renderings show residents sitting on their laptops with the old house exteriors forming a kind of multistory lounge wall. —Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 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