corridor
pronunciation
How to pronounce corridor in British English:
UK [ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)]
How to pronounce corridor in American English:
US [ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr]
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- Noun:
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
Word Origin
- corridor
- corridor: see current
- corridor (n.)
- 1590s, from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore "a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current (adj.)). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814.
Synonym
Example
- 1. A dugout with a corridor and several rooms inside .
- 2. Parts of the corridor already exist .
- 3. In the corridor his barrister congratulated him .
- 4. The kearns family moved out into the corridor .
- 5. They set off up the corridor together .