corridor
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corridors
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a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
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a passage into which several rooms or apartments open.
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a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments.
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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.
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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.
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Also called air corridor. Aeronautics. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.
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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.
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a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building
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a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river
the M1 corridor
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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)
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a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach
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the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence
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a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft
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the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive
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Etymology
Origin of corridor
First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, from Upper Italian corridore (Tuscan corridoio ), equivalent to corr(ere) “to run,” (from Latin currere ) + -idore, from Latin -i- + -tōrium noun suffix; see -i-, -tory 2
Explanation
A long hallway, especially one that has rooms opening up into it, is called a corridor. Late at night, hotel corridors all look alike. Be sure you try to open the right door with your key card. A corridor is also a tract of land that connects two places or runs along the side of a road. In your town, the business corridor might be a fairly small strip of land with just a couple of restaurants and a few stores. The Northeast Corridor is the built-up area that links eastern cities in a chain that stretches from Boston to Washington, D.C.
Vocabulary lists containing corridor
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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Make a Run for It: Cur, Curs
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It asked anyone who knew of hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright Angel Creek corridor on Saturday to get in touch.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“The path forward hinges on whether the 30- to 60-day corridor timeline holds and physical loadings actually rise, leaving prices vulnerable to sharp reversals on any setback.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Did you know Amtrak offers discounts on late night and early morning trains in coach on the Northeast corridor?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Other major green corridor projects include a 250-mile route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, and a 740-mile route between Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
She could hear the rattle of the meal cart long before the rest of us and tell by the footstep who was passing in the corridor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
They maintain lookout towers, water stations and strategic corridors of cleared land among the pines, typically 55 yards wide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anxious relatives crowded the corridors of a Kathmandu hospital Thursday as they searched for missing family after devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 165 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
These corridors would include infrastructure such as shared sinks, power, lighting, shade and restrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Other new places on United’s map, like Luxembourg and Toulouse, France—where Airbus is based—are important business corridors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mr. Lyons led Jake, Grace, and Kojo on a serpentine path through the cafeteria and the corridors.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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