CORRIDOR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary (2025)

A corridor is a strip of land that connects one country to another or gives it a route to the sea through another country.

The republic lay in a narrow corridor of disputed land.

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a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building

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a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river

the M1 corridor

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a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor, 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor, 1945–90, which passed through the former East Germany)

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5. See corridors of power

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a long passageway or hall, esp. one onto which several rooms open

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a strip of land, or an airspace, forming a passageway through foreign-held land, as from a country to its seaport

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a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway

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a passage into which several rooms or apartments open

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a narrow tract of land forming a passageway, as one connecting two major cities or one belonging to an inland country and affording an outlet to the sea

the Polish Corridor

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a usually densely populated region characterized by one or more well-traveled routes used by railroad, airline, or other carriers

The Northeast corridor extends from Washington, D.C., to Boston

6.Aeronautics

7.Aerospace

a carefully calculated path through the atmosphere along which a space vehicle must travel after launch or during reentry in order to attain a desired orbit, to avoid severe acceleration and deceleration, or to minimize aerodynamic heating

(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel facilities)

A corridor is a long passage in a building, with doors and rooms on one or both sides.