corridor

noun

cor·ri·dor | \ ˈkȯr-ə-dər

, ˈkär-, -ˌdȯr \

Definition of corridor

1a : 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: such 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

3a : 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

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Examples of corridor in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web Russia resumed bombing the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, a day after more than 340 women, children and elderly were evacuated through a humanitarian corridor from the city and surrounding areas, Ukrainian officials said. — Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 5 May 2022 Unending views of dramatic wilderness define this road trip through California’s Eastern Sierra corridor. — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2022 Buses in Sumy waiting to evacuate foreign students and other civilians through a humanitarian corridor opened March 8. — Monica Hersher, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2022 But given the unpredictability of Russian forces, his best chance of a safe evacuation is through another humanitarian corridor. — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 Twenty thousand Ukrainians reportedly escaped Mariupol Tuesday through a humanitarian corridor. — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2022 Heavy downpours are expected overnight, with possible thunder as the storm moves through the I-95 corridor in the early morning. — Nadine El-bawab, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2022 Unfortunately, this is once again the reality many are facing from the Tennessee River Valley through the I-95 corridor. — Derek Van Dam, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022 And all around them, a horde of other MLB personnel lurked in an oversized circle, whisking the Angels two-way star through a crowded corridor at Minute Maid Park in Houston minutes before the opening game of last month’s World Series. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021 See More

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History and Etymology for corridor

earlier "covered passageway, path surrounding fortifications," borrowed from French, borrowed from regional Italian (by-form of Tuscan corridoio), from correre "to run" (going back to Latin currere) + -idore, going back to Latin -i-tōrium (from -i- -i- + -tōrium, suffix of place, from neuter of -tōrius, adjective derivative of -tōr-, -tor, agent suffix) — more at current entry 1