- efficiency apartment
- noun Date: 1930 a small usually furnished apartment with minimal kitchen and bath facilities
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efficiency apartment — n., a small apartment[4], sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
efficiency apartment — Apartment A*part ment, n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See {Apart}.] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
efficiency apartment — ☆ efficiency apartment n. a small apartment consisting basically, apart from a bathroom, of a single room with a kitchenette … English World dictionary
efficiency apartment — a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette. Also called efficiency. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
efficiency apartment — noun a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom • Hypernyms: ↑apartment, ↑flat … Useful english dictionary
efficiency apartment — ef ficiency a,partment noun count AMERICAN a small apartment that usually already has furniture and has no separate bedroom, and only a very small bathroom and kitchen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
efficiency apartment — effi′ciency apart ment n. a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchenette … From formal English to slang
Efficiency — as a technical term may refer to: * Algorithmic efficiency, optimizing the speed and memory requirements of a computer program * Efficient energy use, useful work per quantity of energy ** Energy conversion efficiency, desired energy output per… … Wikipedia
efficiency — apartment efficiency apartment n., a small apartment[4], sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
efficiency — Apartment A*part ment, n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See {Apart}.] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
