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6 dictionary results for: Studio
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
stu·di·o       [stoo-dee-oh, styoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -di·os.
1.the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
2.a room or place for instruction or experimentation in one of the performing arts: a dance studio.
3.a room or set of rooms specially equipped for broadcasting radio or television programs, making phonograph records, filming motion pictures, etc.
4.all the buildings and adjacent land required or used by a company engaged in the production of motion pictures.
5.studio apartment.

[Origin: 1800–10; 1910–15 for def. 4; < It < L studium; see study]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stu·di·o       (stōō'dē-ō, styōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. stu·di·os
  1. An artist's workroom.
  2. A photographer's establishment.
  3. An establishment where an art is taught or studied: a dance studio.
    1. A room, building, or group of buildings where movies, television shows, or radio programs are produced.
    2. A room or building where tapes and records are produced.
  4. A company that produces films.
  5. A studio apartment.


[Italian, from Latin studium, eagerness, application; see study.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
studio 
1819, "work-room of a sculptor or painter," from It. studio "room for study," from L. studium (see study). Motion picture sense first recorded 1911; radio broadcasting sense 1922; television sense 1938. Studio apartment first recorded 1903.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
studio

noun
1. workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph" 
2. an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen [syn: studio apartment
3. workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded [ant: location

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Studio City, CA Zip code(s): 91604

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Studio

Stu"di*o\, n.; pl. Studios. [It. studio, properly, study. See Study.] The working room of an artist.

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