office block

noun

British.

1. a large office building.

office block

noun

1. a large building designed to provide office accommodation

Word History and Origins

Origin of office block¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The former office block was being converted into a hotel.

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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.

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Disused department stores or empty office blocks could be repurposed into new health centres or housing, the government has suggested.

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At one time an office block, the 1950s building in the Marshalltown area was abandoned and then taken over by several hundred people desperately needing a home.

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Workers in New York City have described scrambling out of office blocks, as panic engulfed part of downtown Manhattan when a gunman opened fire and killed four people on Monday.

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