noun
corridor
KOR-ih-dor/ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/
A long narrow passage connecting separate places.
Several open doorways lead from the long corridor into nearby rooms.
Etymology
Italian corridore meant a gallery or long passage and was etymologically a “runner.” English first used the word for a continuous path around a fortification, later for a hallway with rooms opening onto it.
In context
while securing a previously explored burial shaft one of Mich levet's workers discovered a secret Corridor a digital radar measuring device is brought in to find out where the corridor goes and how long it is
More examples
- Our hotel room is at the end of the corridor.
- A narrow wildlife corridor links the two forest preserves.
- Planes follow an approved air corridor across the border.
Forms
corridor · corridors
Similar words
- hallway
- Usually an indoor passage with rooms opening onto it.
- passage
- A more general route through or between places.