CORRIDOR


Meaning of CORRIDOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯr-ə-dər, ˈkär-, -ˌdȯr ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from Italian dialect (N Italy) corridore, from correre to run, from Latin currere — more at car

Date: 1719

1.

a. : a passageway (as in a hotel or office building) into which compartments or rooms open

b. : a place or position in which especially political power is wielded through discussion and deal-making

was excluded from the corridor s of power after losing the election

2. : a usually narrow passageway or route: as

a. : a narrow strip of land through foreign-held territory

b. : a restricted lane for air traffic

c. : a land path used by migrating animals

3.

a. : a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities

the Northeast corridor stretching from Washington into New England — S. D. Browne

b. : an area or stretch of land identified by a specific common characteristic or purpose

a corridor of liberalism

the city's industrial corridor

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.