corridor

Definition

  • noun: a long, narrow passage inside a building or train with doors that lead to rooms on each side
  • noun: a passageway (as in a hotel or office building) into which compartments or rooms open
  • synonyms: gallery, hall

Examples

  • She slowly walked down the long, dark 'corridor'. [='hall', 'hallway']

  • They pushed me down the hospital 'corridor' to the operating room.

  • A 'corridor' of land lies between the two mountain ranges.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You could see all that he did, couldn't you? Of course, I-- You could see because the shades were up... and he walked along the corridor and the street and the backyard. I've seen him-- Jeff, do you think a murderer would let you see all that? That he wouldn't pull the shades (..)
    1954 Rear Window