studio apartment

noun

1. an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
2. (formerly) a one-room apartment having a high ceiling and large windows.

Word History and Origins

Origin of studio apartment¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The projection room is now a huge studio apartment complete with new appliances.

From Los Angeles Times

To pay just $770 a month in rent, Mariana Puche Hernandez tolerated the mold growing in the bathroom of her studio apartment, even the sparks that flew when she plugged her phone into an outlet.

From Los Angeles Times

He told police that he had been living with the woman for about five years in the studio apartment in Geoje, before an argument in October 2008 culminating in him hitting her with a blunt object.

From BBC

I was like, “I have a studio apartment in Brooklyn, my closet is small, I want to get this wardrobe.”

From Los Angeles Times

You could buy 15 one-bed flats at Invicta House for the same price as a studio apartment just over 70-miles away, in the Landmark Pinnacle in Canary Wharf.

From BBC