Synonyms for corridor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kawr-i-der, -dawr, kor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr ɪ dər, -ˌdɔr, ˈkɒr-

Définition of corridor

Origin : 1590s, from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore "a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current (adj.)). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814.

noun hallway

Example sentences :

The stenographer was to take his seat in this corridor, just outside one of the windows.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The shades on the corridor windows here will be up, and Garson will see them taken in.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Again, he saw the detective walking forward, out there in the corridor.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His eyes were caught by a figure, the figure of Cassidy, advancing there in the corridor.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

"I take that back," Palmer spoke indolently from the corridor.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The next moment he had opened the door and stepped out into the corridor.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The lame girl who played the violin limped down the corridor into the ward.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Outside the wide doors of the corridor the wheel-chairs were arranged in a semicircle.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

In the nurses' parlor, a few feet down the corridor, the nurses were at prayers.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

In the corridor we were joined by Peggy and the florid young man whom I had seen with her.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

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