studio apartment
Americannoun
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studio apartments
plural
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an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom.
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(formerly) a one-room apartment having a high ceiling and large windows.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of studio apartment
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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He lived in a studio apartment on the East Side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
If you rent a 10-foot truck, which should be enough for a studio apartment, it would cost at least $2,283, according to U-Haul estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
In between bites of salmon nigiri, Scanlon began scrolling through apartment listings on her phone and came across a 1920s studio apartment in Los Feliz that she knew her best friend would swoon over.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Eventually, I left the sheet pan behind — somewhere between my first studio apartment and the next lease, in that subtle evolution from making do to wanting more.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
Our studio apartment in Brooklyn, with the half fridge and its “Mean People Suck” sticker that was ripped all around the edges, because Mom tried—and failed—to peel it off.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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