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microapartment

microapartment noun: a small, affordable apartment.

Noun

microapartment (plural microapartments)

  1. A small, affordable apartment.
    • While there’s no reliable data on micro-housing, some notable policies and projects are popping up on that front too. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments.2016 December 28, Dan Hernandez, “Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?”, in The Guardian
    • Another big player in this sector is the London-based developer Inspired Asset Management, which has created hundreds of “micro-apartments”, many of them located in Croydon, south London.2017 February 11, Rupert Jones, “Welcome to rabbit-hutch Britain, land of the ever-shrinking home”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    microflat

Synonyms of microapartment

Forms of microapartment

pluralmicroapartments
alternative formmicro-apartment

Origin of microapartment

From micro- + apartment.

Questions about microapartment

What does microapartment mean?
Microapartment means a small, affordable apartment.
What part of speech is microapartment?
Microapartment is a noun.
What is the plural of microapartment?
The plural of microapartment is microapartments.

Words near microapartment in the dictionary

  1. microanimals
  2. microannotation
  3. microannotations
  4. microantibodies
  5. microantibody
  6. microapartment
  7. microapartments
  8. microaphanitic
  9. microapocrine
  10. microapp
  11. microapplicator

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