corridor
a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
a passage into which several rooms or apartments open.
a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments.
a narrow tract of land forming a passageway, as one connecting two major cities or one belonging to an inland country and affording an outlet to the sea: the Polish Corridor.
a usually densely populated region characterized by one or more well-traveled routes used by railroad, airline, or other carriers: The Northeast corridor extends from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
Also called air corridor .Aeronautics. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.
Aerospace. a carefully calculated path through the atmosphere along which a space vehicle must travel after launch or during reentry in order to attain a desired orbit, to avoid severe acceleration and deceleration, or to minimize aerodynamic heating.
Origin of corridor
1Other words from corridor
- cor·ri·dored, adjective
- pre·cor·ri·dor, noun
- un·cor·ri·dored, adjective
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How to use corridor in a sentence
Colorado-based Four Points Funding invests largely in projects in the state’s rural corridors, which are often left out of the national conversation about economic development and equity.
Opportunity Zones haven’t fully reached their potential, but don’t write them off yet | jakemeth | September 16, 2020 | FortuneThe grand historic buildings along its retail corridors fell into disrepair.
The Big Corporate Rescue and the America That’s Too Small to Save | by Lydia DePillis, Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel | September 12, 2020 | ProPublicaThe industrial corridor that stretches alongside the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans is nicknamed “Cancer Alley” because of the perceived health risks associated with local chemical emissions.
New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas | by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Sara Sneath | September 11, 2020 | ProPublicaThe country’s fourth national park, Gishwati Mukura, is due to open to tourists this spring between Volcanoes and Nyungwe National Parks to create a thriving wildlife corridor.
The federal decision to suspend those so-called risk corridor payments — designed to help health plans recover some of their losses — was one of the factors that caused many of the co-ops to fail, Corlette said.
Only three of 26 Obamacare-era nonprofit health insurance co-ops will soon remain | lbelanger225 | September 6, 2020 | Fortune
After the scanning takes place, KSM is led down a long corridor flanked by chain-link fences.
Controlling the corridor was essential to supporting deep operations elsewhere in eastern Afghanistan.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The southern border is a well known corridor for illegal entry into the United States,” he said.
Republicans Fear-Mongering Over ISIS and Mexico Silent on Canadian Border | Ben Jacobs, Asawin Suebsaeng | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom doorways that lined a long corridor, people emerged at a run and began searching frantically.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe backed away and walked down the corridor as a file of terrified patients pressed themselves against the walls.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were walking down a corridor, and Miss Thangue was peering through her lorgnette at the cards on the doors.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWhen we got to the house we entered an obscure corridor and began to find our way up a dark and narrow staircase.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayHer last words floated back from the depths of the corridor; a clock was striking and she had pattered off hastily.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThey made their way to the corridor and strolled slowly up and down, passing and repassing others who were discussing the music.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensShe opened a door at the back of the central hall and found herself in a pillared corridor with a door at either end.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for corridor
/ (ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː) /
a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building
a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river: the M1 corridor
a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor, 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor, 1945–90, which passed through the former East Germany)
a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach
corridors of power the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence
a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft
the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive
Origin of corridor
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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