corridor

[US]/ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/
[UK]/ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long, narrow passageway connecting different rooms.

Phrases & Collocations

long corridor

narrow corridor

well-lit corridor

Example Sentences

He crept stealthily along the corridor.

a gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps.

a corridor with a moulded cornice.

part-way along the corridor he stopped.

The corridor is 2 metres in the clear.

The corridor opens into Mr. Brown's office.

The corridor echoed with footsteps.

the corridors were ill-lit and cheerless.

he kept walking, until the corridor dead-ended.

Go down the corridor, to the second room on the right.

a closed corridor between the two buildings.

Narrow corridors lead off from the main hallway.

McHarg’s airshed conception. (3) Pollute air transpire corridors and fresh air transport corridors for the city must be planned.

He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.

Her mother’s voice in the corridor roused her from an angry trance.

the delicious cool of marble corridors after the blazing heat outside.

the valley provides the principal wildlife corridor between the uplands and the central urban area.

Psammophyte, except from the Hexi Corridor, many from home and abroad as early as garden plants and ornamental plants.

From the station to the Lycée it was like a promenade through the Danzig Corridor, all deckle edged, crannied, nerve ridden.

Real-world Examples

This is the corridor that we've created.

Source: CNN Selected July 2015 Collection

Down one flight, second corridor on the left.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

The Coa Valley provides a migratory corridor for rare species.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

He has seen rival gangs work together to organise drug corridors.

Source: The Economist - International

This one is located in the heart of Southern California's aerospace corridor.

Source: Past exam papers for the English CET-6 reading section.

Within there was a small corridor, which ended in a very massive iron gate.

Source: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League

Hagari leads us through a warren of basement corridors to this room.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Ukrainian said the incident happened on Friday on an agreed evacuation corridor from Peremoha village.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2022

The UN is making urgent preparations for humanitarian corridor.

Source: VOA Standard August 2014 Collection

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