Storey

Part of a building A storey plan (the red floor would be the 5th in North American convention, or 4th in the European convention) A storey (Commonwealth English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are storeys (UK, CAN) and stories (US). The terms floor, level, or deck are used in similar ways as storey (e.g., "the 16th floor", "double-decker"). However, when referring to an entire building, it is more usual to use storey or story (e.g., "a 16-storey building"). The floor at ground or street level is called the ground floor (i.e. it needs no number); the floor below ground is called basement, and the floor above ground is called "first" in many regions. However, in some regions, like the US, ground floor is synonymous with first floor, leading to differing numberings of floors, depending on region – even between different national varieties of English. The words storey and floor normally exclude levels of the building that are not covered by a roof, such as the terrace on the rooftops of many buildings. Nevertheless, a flat roof on a building is c