corridor

cor·ri·dor

 (kôr′ĭ-dər, -dôr′, kŏr′-)

n.

1. A narrow hallway, passageway, or gallery, often with rooms or apartments opening onto it.

2.

a. A tract of land designated or used for a specific purpose, as for railroad lines, highways, or pipelines.

b. A route designated for a specific purpose: a hazardous material corridor; a sea corridor for shipping; a flight corridor.

c. A route or tract of land used by migrating animals.

3. A thickly populated strip of land connecting two or more urban areas: people who live in the Boston-Washington corridor.

Idiom:

corridors of power

The places or positions from which people in authority wield power.

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[French, from Italian corridore, from correre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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corridor

(ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː)

n

1. (Architecture) a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building

2. (Physical Geography) a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river: the M1 corridor.

3. (Physical Geography) a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor, 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor, 1945–90, which passed through the former East Germany)

4. (Railways) a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) corridors of power the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence

6. (Aeronautics) a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft

7. (Astronautics) the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive

[C16: from Old French, from Old Italian corridore, literally: place for running, from correre to run, from Latin currere]

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cor•ri•dor

(ˈkɔr ɪ dər, -ˌdɔr, ˈkɒr-)

n.

1. a passageway giving access to rooms, apartments, ship cabins, railway compartments, etc.; hallway.

2. a narrow passageway of land, as between an inland country and an outlet to the sea.

3. a densely populated region with major overland and air transportation routes: the Northeast corridor.

4. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.

[1585–95; < Middle French < Upper Italian corridore=corr(ere) to run (< Latin currere]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it gallery - a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings

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corridor

noun passage, alley, aisle, hallway, passageway He raced down the corridor towards the exit.

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Translations

مـَمَرّمَمْشـى، رَواق، مَمَـر

коридор

chodbakoridor

korridorgang

GangKorridorDurchgangFlur

διάδρομος

corredorpasillo

käytävä

corridorcouloir

hodnik

gangur

corridoio

廊下

복도

koridorius

koridors

ganghalcorridor

korridor

korytarz

corredor

коридор

hodnik

korridorflygkorridor

ทางเดินยาว

koridor

hành lang

走廊

corridor

[ˈkɒrɪdɔːʳ] N → pasillo m, corredor m
the corridors of power → los pasillos del poder

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corridor

[ˈkɒrɪdɔː^r] n

(in building) → couloir m, corridor m

(= area) the M25 corridor → l'axe de la M25

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corridor

n → Korridor m; (in building also, in train, bus) → Gang m; in the corridors of power → an den Schalthebeln der Macht

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corridor

[ˈkɒrɪdɔːʳ] n → corridoio

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corridor

(ˈkoridoː) noun

a passageway, especially one off which rooms open. Go along the corridor and up the stairs. gang مَمْشـى، رَواق، مَمَـر коридор corredor chodba der Gang gang; korridor διάδρομοςpasillo, corredor koridor راهرو käytävä corridorפרוזדור, מסדרון बरामदा, भवन में का मार्ग hodnik folyosó lorong gangur corridoio 廊下 복도 koridorius koridors kaki lima ganggang, korridorkorytarz كور يدور: دهليز، دالان: ورپرده corredor coridor коридор chodba hodnik hodnik korridor ทางเดินยาวในตึก koridor 走廊 коридор گزرگاہ hành lang 走廊

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corridor

→ مـَمَرّ chodba korridor Korridor διάδρομος corredor, pasillo käytävä couloir hodnik corridoio 廊下 복도 gang korridor korytarz corredor коридор korridor ทางเดินยาว koridor hành lang 走廊

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