office block

office block
noun
a building containing offices where work is done
Syn: ↑office building
Hypernyms: ↑building, ↑edifice
Part Meronyms: ↑office, ↑business office

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Brit.
a large office building.
[1940-45]

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office block noun
A large building in which an office or variety of offices is housed
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Main Entry:office

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office block UK US noun [countable] [singular office block plural office blocks] british
a large building that contains many offices
Thesaurus: government and office buildingshyponym

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office block,
British. an office building.

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ˈoffice block [office block] (BrE) (also ˈoffice building NAmE, BrE) noun
a large building that contains offices, usually belonging to more than one company

high-rise office blocks


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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