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office block

American  

noun

British.
  1. a large office building.


office block British  

noun

  1. a large building designed to provide office accommodation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of office block

First recorded in 1940–45

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While he worked from home, AOG Technics listed its primary address as a co-working space at a chic London office block close to Buckingham Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck, having previously occupied an empty office block in northern Paris, used a former Paris university building for his show this last season.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Originally built as an office block in 1963, the Centre Point tower next to Tottenham Court Road underground station, remained unoccupied for over a decade, angering social justice campaigners.

From BBC Dec. 22, 2025

The bank he leads, JPMorgan Chase, said Thursday it would construct London’s largest office block.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

After weighing for some weeks all he could learn about the wreck on the African coast, Cartwright went to London and was carried up one morning to the second floor of an imposing office block.

From Lister's Great Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

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