English Explanatory Dictionary

corridor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
  2. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  3. The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
  4. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
  5. The land near an important road, river, railway line.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ /-də/ kôrʹədôr' /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/ kôrʹədər' /ˈkɔɹədɚ/ En-us-corridor.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-corridor.wav /ˈkɑɹəˌdɔɹ/ /ˈkɑɹədɚ/

Word forms

corridor corridors

Etymology

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

Derived words

air corridor boom corridor corridor care corridor discussion corridor disease corridored corridorless corridorlike corridor of uncertainty corridor shooter corridors of power corridor train corridor warrior Danubian corridor economic corridor ghost corridor green corridor humanitarian corridor M62 corridor Mormon corridor non-corridor noncorridor Northeast Corridor Suwalki corridor utilidor wildlife corridor
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