Corridor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corridor is a noun meaning A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
Meaning
A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
More Meanings
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
Example Sentences
Main Street corridor
Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle
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?
Word Forms
- corridors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include passageway, hallway, hall, lobby, gateway, alleyway.
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