corridor
//ˈkɒɹɪdɔː//
Forms
- Plural
- corridors
Definitions
1.A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
- My mind drifts now and then / Lookin' down dark corridors and wonders what might have been / Something's up ahead / Hey, should I keep this same direction or go back instead?
2.A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
3.Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
4.The land near an important road, river, railway line.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4388
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French corridor
From Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio)
From correre (“to run”).