Corridor Definition

kôrĭ-dər, -dôr, kŏr-
corridors
noun
A long passageway or hall, esp. one onto which several rooms open.
Webster's New World
A tract of land designated or used for a specific purpose, as for railroad lines, highways, or pipelines.
American Heritage
A route designated for a specific purpose.
A hazardous material corridor; a sea corridor for shipping; a flight corridor.
American Heritage
A strip of land, or an airspace, forming a passageway through foreign-held land, as from a country to its seaport.
Webster's New World
A route or tract of land used by migrating animals.
American Heritage
idiom
corridors of power
  • The places or positions from which people in authority wield power.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Corridor

Noun

Singular:
corridor
Plural:
corridors

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Corridor

Origin of Corridor

  • French from Italian corridore from correre to run from Latin currere kers- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French corridor, from Italian corridore (= corridoio) long passage, from correre, to run.

    From Wiktionary

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