Meanings
plural shoffices
- UKinformalA small building, located in a garden, serving as a home workspace.
Cropping up at the bottom of gardens up and down the UK is the latest trend among the country’s home workers – the “shoffice”, an office in a shed.
2021 May 30, Joanna Partridge, Home working drives demand for ‘shoffice’ space in UK gardens1 more example
This spring, is your fancy turning towards a delightful garden room? Whether it’s a place to hang out (or hide from the family), an art studio, a gymnasium, a home office or shoffice, or even occasional accommodation for visitors, these stylish domestic add-ons have never been so popular.
2019 February 22, Jayne Dowle, A pod, a ‘shoffice’ or a garden room
Origin
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shoffice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoffice
“shoffice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoffice. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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