Corridor
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English
Etymology
Italian corridore (= corridoio) long passage, from correre, to run.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒɹɪˌdɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkɒrɪˌdə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"kQr\I%dO:(r\)/, /"kQr\I%d@(r\)/
- (GenAM) enPR: kôrʹədôr', IPA: /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/, SAMPA: /"kOr\@%dOr\/
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Noun
Corridor (plural Corridors)- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it.
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
Derived terms
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Adjectives
vaulted; angling; lengthened; spacious; interminable; golden; gloom-shrouded; dreamland; solitary; labyrinthine; tortuous; majestic; deserted; dusty; footworn; myriad (pi); curtained; endless; sloping; bleak; thronged; polished; resounding; murky; circular; concrete; black; eerie.
Verbs
brighten—; clatter in—; cross—; darken—; glimmer through—; guard—; light—; line—; narrow—; pass through—; patrol —; run through—; scrub—; shuffle along—; stroll in—; sweep—; traverse—; watch—; widen—; —connects; —joto; —links; —opens into; —resounds with; —unites.
Thesaurus
access, adit, air lane, air line, air lock, air route, airspace, airway, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, approach, arcade, area, areaway, artery, avenue, belt, breezeway, channel, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, confines, connection, continental shelf, couloir, country, covered way, defile, department, district, division, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, environs, exit, ferry, ford, gallery, gangplank, gangway, ground, hall, hallway, heartland, hinterland, in, ingress, inlet, intake, interchange, intersection, junction, land, lane, loggia, means of access, milieu, neighborhood, offshore rights, opening, outlet, overpass, part, parts, pass, passage, passageway, path, pergola, peristyle, place, portico, precincts, premises, purlieus, quarter, railroad tunnel, region, salient, section, soil, space, terrain, territory, three-mile limit, traject, trajet, tunnel, twelve-mile limit, underpass, vestibule, vicinage, vicinity, way, way in, zone
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French
Etymology
From Italian corridore.
Pronunciation
Noun
Corridor m. (plural Corridors)
