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Added 9 October 2026

corridor

/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ noun

In Latin: andron Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about corridor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Origin

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

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