corridor
[noun]
Synonyms: passage, aisle, alley, hallway, passageway

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cor‧ri‧dor S2 W3 /ˈkɒrədɔː, ˈkɒrɪdɔː $ ˈkɔːrədər, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Old Italian corridore, from correre 'to run']

1. a long narrow passage on a train or between rooms in a building, with doors leading off it
in the corridor
We had to wait outside in the corridor until our names were called.
down/along the corridor
She hurried down the corridor.
Go down here and the bathroom’s at the end of the corridor.

2. a narrow area of land between cities or countries that has different qualities or features from the land around it:
the industrial corridor that connects Querétaro with Mexico City

3. corridors of power the places where important government decisions are made

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

corridor
noun
ADJ. endless, long | short | broad, wide | narrow | labyrinthine the labyrinthine corridors of the ministry building
brightly-lit | badly-lit, dark, darkened, dim, gloomy, ill-lit | chilly, dank, draughty | bare, blank, featureless | deserted, empty | carpeted, lino-covered, marble-floored, stone, stone-flagged, tiled | picture-lined | white-walled, etc. | hospital, hotel, school | access | land, peace (both figurative) UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians.
VERB + CORRIDOR line Portraits line the corridors of the palace.
CORRIDOR + VERB lead Narrow corridors lead off from the main hallway.
run along/down sth The corridor runs down the middle of the building.
link sth The corridor links the old part of the hospital with the new.
CORRIDOR + NOUN wall
PREP. along a/the ~, at/to the end of a/the ~, down a/the ~ The office is just down the corridor on the left.
in a/the ~ I put my head down as I passed him in the corridor.
PHRASES the corridors of power (figurative) She was a minister with considerable influence in the corridors of power.
a labyrinth/maze of corridors She led us through a maze of hotel corridors to our room.

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