railroad flat

noun

Definition of railroad flatnext
as in studio apartment

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Recent Examples of railroad flat Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out. — Literary Hub, 9 July 2025 Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022 Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad flat
  1. studio apartment
  2. garden apartment
  3. duplex apartment
  4. efficiency apartment
  5. granny flat
  6. efficiency
  7. condo
  8. duplex
Noun
  • Another small desk option for furnishing even the tiniest of studio apartments, with cute vintage-looking rounded knobs.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Rent for a luxury studio apartment in downtown Miami might cost as much as $3,700 a month, Jeffries said.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of studio apartment
Noun
  • Pretty in Pink is one way to refer to this historic garden apartment—built in 1875.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Definition of garden apartment
Noun
  • Griffin also recently paid $38 million for a duplex apartment up the block from where Mamdani shot the video, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of duplex apartment
Noun
  • The inn also offers two efficiency apartments for longer-term stays.
    — Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The business also offered plans for tiny homes, about the size of an efficiency apartment.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Definition of efficiency apartment
Noun
  • Another would permit accessory dwelling units — commonly called granny flats, or ADUs — in backyards across the state.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • They've been called granny flats, carriage houses, or mother-in-law suites.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Definition of granny flat
Noun
  • Citroën/Stellantis The original 2CV was an extraordinary achievement of human engineering, balancing severe material shortages with unmatched spatial efficiency.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026
  • These efficiency improvements will allow Microsoft to rely mainly on its in-house AI chips soon, instead of ones from Nvidia and AMD.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of efficiency
Noun
  • An online listing for the condo building boasts a menu of luxury amenities, including a gym, rooftop pool and pet spa.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Karp also expects to see offices, labs and hotels, as well as apartment and condo buildings, develop around the campus.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of condo
Noun
  • The duplex is in an 1860 Romanesque Revival church that was converted into the boutique condominium Novare by Flank Architects in 2006.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Last summer, the building became the subject of local gossip when its duplex penthouse hit the market for a seemingly absurd $25,000 a month.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of duplex

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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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