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

Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which was still fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff, and adjacent multistory buildings with water. —Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025

One of our recent Rural Studio projects is the 18x18 House, a compact, multistory home built for a young man living on heirs’ property in Alabama. —Rusty Smith, The Conversation, 11 June 2025

The sun is shining outside, but the darkness of the multistory complex – a network of torture chambers and cold cells cut off from the outside world by concrete walls and a latticework of braided barbed wire – is overwhelming. —Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025

The multistory atrium is accessible to the public and connects visitors to eateries including the Trump Grill. —Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 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