office block

American  

noun

British.

1. a large office building.

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office block British  

noun

1. a large building designed to provide office accommodation

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Etymology

Origin of office block

First recorded in 1940–45

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Example Sentences

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office block

Ruger is headquartered in a nondescript two-story office block in Southport, Conn., next to a massage parlor and beauty salon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

The current vacant office block at 130 Fenchurch Street, known as Fountain House, will be demolished to make way for two new towers, one with 31 storeys and the other 34.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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 Harold Bindloss

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