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corridor
What does corridor mean?
corridor (noun): an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce corridor?
/ˈkɔɹədɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does corridor come from?
Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
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