Understory

Quick meaning: Understory is a noun meaning (architecture, dated, also figuratively) A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.

Meaning

(architecture, dated, also figuratively) A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.

More Meanings

1. (ecology, also attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.

Example Sentences

Q. VVhat did you find? / A. I found in a cloſet in the under ſtorey of VVatt's houſe a dozen of ſpears.

On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.

The two middle storeys of the towers are adorned with one tier of Corinthian pilasters in the style of Lord Carlisle's house at Castle Howard. The understorey is rustic.

The banqueting-house is a very striking and beautiful building in the form of a cross, open every way, and supported by a multitude of pillars and arches, erected on an under-story of an octagonal form.

Word Forms

• understories
• understorys
• understorey

Synonyms for understory

Depending on context, synonyms include underbrush, undergrowth.

Antonyms for understory

Common opposites include overstorey, overstory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undergrowth, forest, carpeting, carpet, rug, canopy.

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