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upper-story

upper-story is the alternative spelling of upper storey.

Meaning of upper storey

Noun

upper storey (plural upper storeys)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) A person's brain.
    • I think there's something the matter with his upper storey!
    Synonyms:
    attic
  2. Any level or floor of a building situated above the ground floor.
    • I rented a room in the upper storey of the house.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, storey.

Adjective

upper-story (not comparable)

  1. Located on an upper story.

Forms of upper-story

pluralupper-stories

Questions about upper-story

What does upper-story mean?
Upper-story means located on an upper story.
What is upper-story the alternative spelling of?
Upper-story is the alternative spelling of upper storey.
What part of speech is upper-story?
Upper-story is an adjective.

Words near upper-story in the dictionary

  1. upper-cruster
  2. upper-crusters
  3. upper-crusty
  4. upper-division
  5. upper-medium
  6. upper-story
  7. Upperby
  8. UpperCamelCase
  9. uppercard
  10. uppercarder
  11. uppercarders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upper-story (page history and authors); upper storey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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