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

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efficiency apartment

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 ● Jan. 14, 2023

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 ● Sep. 24, 2022

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

With an efficiency apartment, the rooms are created by walls and there is very little opportunity to make a dual-purpose room out of any of the space in an efficiency apartment.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 21, 2018

If I lived frugally, I would have enough to move out of the stacks and rent a small efficiency apartment somewhere.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline