efficiency apartment

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efficiency apartment - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. A set or suite of rooms. --De Quincey.
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     3. A compartment. [Obs.] --Pope.
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     4. A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a
        dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and
        typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and
        kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases
        rented from the owner by those dwelling in them.
        [PJC]
  
     efficiency apartment, 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 are many variations
        of efficiency apartment, including some in which
        furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall
        recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called
        an efficiency.
        [PJC]

  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 small niche in a corner.
     There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including
     some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out
     from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use.
     Also called an efficiency.
     [PJC]

efficiency apartment - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  efficiency apartment
      n 1: a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom