ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  2. (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
  3. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
  4. 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

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Related dictionary entries include passageway, hallway, hall, lobby, gateway, alleyway.

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