efficiency apartment

American  

noun

1. a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette.

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efficiency apartment British  

noun

1. a small flat or bedsit

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Etymology

Origin of efficiency apartment

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

While both an efficiency apartment and a studio apartment can have the same number of rooms, the footprint of an efficiency apartment is always smaller.

From Encyclopedia.com

In Suzan-Lori Parks’s “Topdog/Underdog,” a revival of which is at the Golden Theater through Sunday, the brothers Lincoln and Booth share Booth’s tiny efficiency apartment.

From New York Times

His family lives with his cousin’s family — about 10 people total — all sharing an efficiency apartment that rents for $2,000 a month.

From Washington Post

She purchased her first home in El Camino through the program after living in an efficiency apartment out of the city.

From Washington Post

Smilen fed street cats nightly and began hoarding them inside the small efficiency apartment.

From Seattle Times