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Definition of "corridor" []

  • A narrow hallway, passageway, or gallery, often with rooms or apartments opening onto it. (noun)
  • A tract of land forming a passageway, such as one that allows an inland country access to the sea through another country. (noun)
  • A restricted tract of land for the passage of trains. (noun)
  • Restricted airspace for the passage of aircraft. (noun)
  • The restricted path followed by a spacecraft on a particular mission. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "corridor" in a sentence
  • "The right of way for most of the corridor is already assembled – the median of Interstate 4."
  • "At the end of the corridor is a ramshackle guard post."
  • "A: If you look at the markets for the last few months, the moment the Nifty hits around 5,000 odd levels, you enter into what we call a corridor of uncertainty where investors were not able to take a call - from these levels and technically below 4,900 odd levels-what is the risk reward ratio on the upside."