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

Example Sentences

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

In an anonymous office block in Kyiv, we met some of the analysts whose job it is to pour over the footage, verify each hit and award points to the unit responsible.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 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