corridor
corridor Lexical Profile
corridor Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A long, narrow passage inside a building or train from which doors open into rooms or compartments.
"The students walked quietly down the main corridor toward the science laboratories."
A narrow strip of land, airspace, or territory that provides a route for transportation, wildlife migration, or access through a region.
"Urban planners established a green corridor to allow native wildlife to move safely between the two forest reserves."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from French and Italian corridore, a derivative of the verb correre ('to run'), which traces back to the Latin currere. Originally a military term for a covered walkway along fortifications where messengers could run safely, it later broadened to describe any interior passage.