[cor.ri.dor] n [MF, fr. OIt corridore, fr. correre to run, fr. L currere--more at car] (1814) 1: a passageway (as in a hotel) into which compartments or rooms open
2: a usu. narrow passageway or route: as a: a narrow strip of land through foreign-held territory b: a restricted lane for air traffic
3: a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities "the Northeast ~ stretching from Washington into New England --S. D. Browne"