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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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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

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

The blackened wreck of a burnt-out store confronted the office block, and behind it straggled a row of squalid shacks.

From Harding of Allenwood by Harold Bindloss

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