corridor UK /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/US /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/ noun5 •a long space with walls on both sides, leading from one room to another inside a building or a trainEldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. — 1931 •A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places. •Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft. •The land near an important road, river, railway line. •(rare, historical) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. formscorridors