Definition of "efficiency apartment" [efficiency apartment]

• A small, usually furnished apartment with a private bathroom and kitchenette. (noun)

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• "Judy lived in an efficiency apartment at 906 at 2000 Connecticut Ave., near Holton Arms School, where she taught during the war."
• "We had a small, one-room efficiency apartment with a kitchen in a closet and a Murphy-in-a-door bed."
• "It reminded him of the efficiency apartment he rented while attending the University of Ceres, though a lot cleaner."