Corridors

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Narrow pathways within a structure that link various rooms or areas serve to enhance navigation and movement throughout a building
2. Enclosed hallways designed to connect different sections assist in the flow of foot traffic across a facility
3. Long narrow passages inside a building that connect different rooms or areas and allow movement within the structure

Etymology: "Corridors" is the plural of "corridor", a word that once described a running path rather than a hallway. It was borrowed from French "corridor", which came from Italian "corridore", meaning a long passage. That Italian term is linked to "correre", "to run", so the original idea was closer to a route for running or moving quickly than to a building feature. The Italian word has a clear origin in the verb "correre", which is also the source of "corridore", a runner, and the English meaning of a long enclosed passage developed from the Italian sense of a route along which one moves. Over time the idea of a path became attached to the architecture around it, so that the word now refers to the enclosed hallways linking rooms and sections of a building.

Synonyms: hallways, aisles, passages, thoroughfares