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Corridor

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkɒɹɪdɔː

Definitions

  1. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
  2. A long and narrow step that communicates two spaces.
  3. A frank step through the rows of seats.
  4. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  5. A wing of an edifice, in a church the separate of the properly said nave by the columns.
  6. The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
  7. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
  8. The land near an important road, river, railway line.

Equivalents

55 more languages
Afrikaansgang
Azərbaycan dilidəhliz
Беларускаякалідор
Българскикоридор
Češtinachodbakoridor
Esperantokoridoro
Gàidhligtrannsa
हिन्दीगलियारा
Magyarfolyosó
Հայերենմիջանցք
Bahasa Indonesiakoridorlobilorong
Қазақ тілідәліз
ភាសាខ្មែរច្រករបៀងរបៀង
한국어낭하랑하복도회랑
Latinaandron
Lietuviųkoridorius
Malagasylalantsara
Te Reo Māoriararoaawarua
Македонскиходник
മലയാളംഇടനാഴി
မြန်မာစင်္ကြံ
Nederlandscorridorganghalluchtweg
Русскийкоридор
SlovenščinaHodnik
ئۇيغۇرچەكارىدور
Українськакалідоркоридор
Tiếng Việthành lang

Examples

There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.”
Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.”
“My mind drifts now and then / Lookin' down dark corridors and wonders what might have been / Something's up ahead / Hey, should I keep this same direction or go back instead?”
“In addition, there are two up and two down korridorzug ^([sic]) [Korridorzüge] of the O.B.B. which run through from Innsbruck to Reutte via the Mittenwald line, but which are "sealed" between Scharnitz through Garmisch-Partenkirchen as far as Ehrwald, carrying passengers only from Austria to Austria; the korridor thus refers to the corridor through Germany and not through the train.”
Main Street corridor
“Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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