ˈkȯrədə(r), ˈkär- also -ˌdȯ(ə)r or -ȯ(ə) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian corridore, from correre to run, from Latin currere
1.
a. : a usually covered passageway ; especially : one into which compartments or rooms open (as in a hotel or on certain types of trains)
b. : a gallery or passageway connecting several apartments of a building
c. : a place of gossip or intrigue outside a meeting hall
it was assumed around legislative corridors that the bill would be defeated
2.
a. : a usually narrow passageway or route
the Rhineland … has been the usual corridor of German attack — A.H.Vandenberg †1951
b. : a narrow strip of land through foreign-held territory providing access to a place
Vienna, … ninety miles behind the Iron Curtain, is connected with the western world by two official corridors, each one containing a railroad line and a highway — Joseph Wechsberg
or joining a country to its seaport
the Polish corridor across Germany to Danzig
c. : an open or cleared strip
fire hazard is reduced by frequent corridors cut through the forest — American Guide Series: Arkansas
d. : a restricted lane for air traffic
e. : a pair of parallel ridges and the valley between them especially when the longer axis of the valley is parallel to and in line with the route of advance of an attacking force
3. : a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities
the Northeast corridor stretching from Washington into New England — S.D.Browne