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# corridor

«corridor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long passage in a building with doors to rooms** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (corridor, corridors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A corridor is a long passage in a building with doors to rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#m1)

2) A corridor is a long narrow strip of land or air, like a wildlife corridor that lets animals move safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a length; rooms or doors along a corridor; in school: walk, do not run, in the corridors; keep to the left or right; in safety: corridors are fire escape routes and must stay clear; phrases: «down the corridor», «at the end of the corridor»

### examples

- The corridor is 30 m long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x1)
- There are 8 doors in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x2)
- Lamps hang every 5 m along the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x3)
- How many classrooms are on the corridor? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x4)
- Walk, don't run, in the corridor! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x5)
- The library is at the end of the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x6)
- Keep the corridor clear of bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x7)
- A wildlife corridor lets animals cross the busy road safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x8)
- Emily was standing in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/#x9)

### note

Things placed along a length: count of gaps vs count of posts. Trap: lamps every 5 m along 30 m with one at each end is 7. Spelling: c-o-r-r-i-d-o-r (double r, ends in -or). In the USA «hallway» or «hall» is common.

### In the corpora

- [In a busy corridor you walk closer or wave instead of shouting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/9/)
- [In corridors you walk on the correct side, do not run and keep your voice low.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/11/)
- [Running in corridors causes falls and bumps into other children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/18/)
- [Months later, Theo said hi in the corridor; he felt lighter, though they never became close again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/35/)
- [Once, when nobody's looking, Jake does their old secret handshake in the corridor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/464-growing-apart/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corridor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corridor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.