corridor

A long, narrow space inside a building, with doors leading to rooms.

• My room is at the end of the corridor.
• We walked down a narrow corridor.
• The school corridors were full of children.

Similar words: hallway, passage, hall

Common phrases: long corridor, hospital corridor, along the corridor, corridor door

A narrow area of land kept open so people or animals can move between two places.

• The corridor allows animals to reach the forest.
• Aid workers opened a safe corridor across the border.
• These wildlife corridors connect areas of protected land.

Similar words: passage, route

Common phrases: wildlife corridor, humanitarian corridor, safe corridor, land corridor

An area of land along a major road, river, or railway.

• New shops are opening along the road corridor.
• Housing has spread across the rail corridor.
• The council plans to protect the river corridor.

Common phrases: rail corridor, river corridor, transport corridor, commercial corridor

An area of the sky set aside for aircraft to travel through.

• The plane followed an air corridor.
• Pilots must stay inside the approved corridor.
• Two flight corridors pass above the coast.

Similar words: air route

Common phrases: air corridor, flight corridor, designated corridor