corridor

noun

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

The land near an important road, river, railway line.

(military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Roots

currorid- · Latin · run

Synonyms for corridor

hallwayn passagewayn areawayn underpassn aislen entrywayn vestibulen halln entrancewayn tunneln breezewayadj overpassn alleyn gangwayn

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