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

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Etymology

Origin of studio apartment

First recorded in 1920–25

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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

When Emma Handte moved into her studio apartment in Bushwick, she put bookshelves on the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

The pair, who live in a cramped studio apartment in a crumbling colonial-era building, can’t afford butter or mayonnaise, so breakfast is a piece of plain bread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

Wen Zhou, our subject, his face fleshy like a boy’s, sat quietly for us in his tiny, orderly studio apartment in Morningside Heights.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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