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KOR-id-or/ˈkɒrɪdɔː/

A corridor is a long indoor passage with doors: wait in the corridor, a hotel corridor, the main corridor. Hall can mean a large room or the entrance area; corridor is the narrow walkway. Passage is more general. Do not use corridor for a road between buildings — that is a path or alley.

Meaning

A long narrow passage in a building with doors along it.

Examples

• “The classrooms are along the main corridor.”
• “No running in the corridor, please.”
• “Our room is at the end of the corridor.”

Good to know

in / along the corridor. Contrast: hall (large room or entrance). Not used for outdoor roads.

Near in meaning

passage

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