home office

noun

: a room in a person's house where he or she does office work

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Downstairs is a spacious sleeping area that could also work as a gym or home office and benefits from an enormous skylight equipped with automatic blackout shades. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Oct. 2026 The entry has sight lines that extend to the formal dining room, a home office or den, and at the back of the Townhome, a spectacular family room that opens to the top of the second floor. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 The library, lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, sprawls out upstairs, doubling as the perfect home office or den. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Tucked away under a bed frame, trundle beds are a space-saving solution for a kid’s room, home office, or guest room. — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home office

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“Home office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20office. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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