studio apartment
Americannoun
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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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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
I first moved into a studio apartment in the building on Christmas Eve of 2020 soon after we met.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Monthly rent for a studio apartment in Abidjan can easily come in at 100 euros, almost the minimum wage.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
During Sliwa’s first mayoral campaign, he made headlines for keeping 17 cats in his then-320-square-foot studio apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
There is exactly one furnished studio apartment listed for the entire Twin Cities area, and they’re not answering the phone on the weekend.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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