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 →

2) A corridor is a long narrow strip of land or air, like a wildlife corridor that lets animals move safely. tree →

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 →
• There are 8 doors in the corridor. tree →
• Lamps hang every 5 m along the corridor. tree →
• How many classrooms are on the corridor? tree →
• Walk, don't run, in the corridor! tree →
• The library is at the end of the corridor. tree →
• Keep the corridor clear of bags. tree →
• A wildlife corridor lets animals cross the busy road safely. tree →
• Emily was standing in the corridor. tree →

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.
• In corridors you walk on the correct side, do not run and keep your voice low.
• Running in corridors causes falls and bumps into other children.
• Months later, Theo said hi in the corridor; he felt lighter, though they never became close again.
• Once, when nobody's looking, Jake does their old secret handshake in the corridor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «corridor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.