studio

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studio/ˈstjuːdiəʊ/

▶noun (pl. studios)

• 1 a room where an artist works or where dancers practise.

• 2 a room from which television or radio programmes are broadcast, or in which they are recorded.

  ■ a place where films or musical or sound recordings are made.

  ■ a film production company.

• 3 a studio flat.

– origin C19: from Ital., from L. studium (see study).