corridor

cor·ri·dor

noun \ˈkȯr-ə-dər, ˈkär-, -ˌdȯr\

Definition of CORRIDOR

1

a : a passageway (as in a hotel or office building) into which compartments or rooms open b : a place or position in which especially political power is wielded through discussion and deal-making <was excluded from the corridors of power after losing the election>

2

: a usually narrow passageway or route: as a : a narrow strip of land through foreign-held territory b : a restricted lane for air traffic c : a land path used by migrating animals

3

a : a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities <the Northeast corridor stretching from Washington into New England — S. D. Browne> b : an area or stretch of land identified by a specific common characteristic or purpose <a corridor of liberalism> <the city's industrial corridor>

Examples of CORRIDOR

1. They pushed me down the hospital corridor to the operating room.
2. A corridor of land lies between the two mountain ranges.

Origin of CORRIDOR

Middle French, from Italian dialect (N Italy) corridore, from correre to run, from Latin currere — more at car

First Known Use: 1719

Related to CORRIDOR

Synonyms: belt, region, land, neck, part(s), tract, zone

Related Words: district, domain, latitude(s), range, realm, terrain, territory; neighborhood, vicinity

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Other Aeronautics/Aerospace Terms

airway, apron, dirigible, fishtail, flat-hat, vector

Rhymes with CORRIDOR

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