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corridor

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒrɪdɔː/

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Definition of corridor

noun

  • a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms: his room lay at the very end of the corridor
  • British a passage along the side of some railway carriages, from which doors lead into compartments: even on long journeys early trains had no corridors
  • a belt of land linking two other areas or following a road or river:the security forces established corridors for humanitarian supplies

Phrases

the corridors of power

the senior levels of government or administration: he will be a considerable influence in the corridors of power, particularly when it comes to private legislation
[from the name of C. P. Snow's novel The Corridors of Power (1964)]

Origin:

late 16th century (as a military term denoting a strip of land along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a parapet): from French, from Italian corridore, alteration (by association with corridore 'runner') of corridoio 'running place', from correre 'to run', from Latin currere. The current sense dates from the early 19th century

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the corridor led to a dormitory.

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