Meaning & use
a studio apartment
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Meaning
nouncountable
A small apartment with one main room that serves as both living room and bedroom, usually with a kitchen area and a separate bathroom.
Grammar: Countable noun; use 'a' or 'the' before it. The plural is studio apartments.
Patterns
- live in a studio apartment
- rent a studio apartment
- a studio apartment with a kitchenette
After graduation, she moved into a tiny studio apartment near the subway.
Studio apartments are popular with young professionals in big cities.
The studio apartment had a small kitchenette and a fold-out bed.
Word forms
| plural | studio apartments |
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Common combinations
- small studio apartment
- They rented a small studio apartment while saving for a house.
- studio apartment for rent
- I saw a studio apartment for rent in the city center.
- live in a studio apartment
- He lives in a studio apartment above a bakery.
- furnished studio apartment
- The furnished studio apartment came with a bed and a table.
Synonyms and how they differ
- studio flat
- The usual British term for the same type of housing.
- bedsit
- A British word for a rented room that serves as both bedroom and living room, often with shared bathroom facilities; a studio apartment usually has its own bathroom and kitchen.
- efficiency apartment
- An American term for a small apartment with a kitchen area, similar to a studio.
Word family
Commonly confused: a studio apartment or one-bedroom apartment?
a studio apartment vs one-bedroom apartment
A one-bedroom apartment has a separate bedroom; a studio apartment has one main room that is both living room and bedroom.
Practice
What is a studio apartment?
Choose one answer.
A studio apartment has a single main room that combines living and sleeping space. Option 1 describes a larger apartment. Option 2 describes a house. Option 3 confuses 'studio' with a recording studio.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a studio apartment”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.