corridor

CEFRB1

/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long passage inside a building with doors along its sides.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

Examples

  • I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.

  • The corridor was so crowded that we couldn't walk.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /-də/
  • /ˈkɔɹɪdoː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

  2. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

  3. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

More examples

In context

  • His room is along the corridor.

  • Main Street corridor

  • Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The hotel had a long, narrow blank connecting the lobby to the rooms.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).