studio apartment

American  

noun

• studio apartments
  plural

1. an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom.

2. (formerly) a one-room apartment having a high ceiling and large windows.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• studio apartments
  plural

Etymology

Origin of studio apartment

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

studio apartment

Then he would go on Medicaid and live in a studio apartment at the same good place I have found for him, which is not too far from where I live.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

A studio apartment would consume 38.2% of a typical Computer Science graduate’s starting NYC salary, and 45.2% of a Business graduate’s, Realtor.com says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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

When they returned from Hunt, they stayed for two days on Adnan’s floor in Baton Rouge, then moved into the studio apartment of their rental unit on Tita Street, on New Orleans’ West Bank.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers