CORRIDOR | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Corridor

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late 16th century (as a military term denoting a strip of land along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a parapet): from French, from Italian corridore, alteration (by association with corridore ‘runner’) of corridoio ‘running place’, from correre ‘to run’, from Latin currere. The current sense dates from the early 19th century

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈkɒrɪdɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms

Short Definition:

long passage in building from which doors lead into rooms

Examples:
  • his room lay at the very end of the corridor

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