: in or to the next building, house, apartment, or room
lives next door
broadly
: in or at an adjacent place
Examples of next-door in a Sentence
Adjective
a next-door neighbor who is always helpful and friendly
Adverb
He bought the house next door.
I'll be staying in the room next door.
Canada is right next door to the U.S.
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Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
Rustin’s next-door neighbor thought they should be sent directly from school to compulsory work gangs.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Plus, the bar is right next door to Pizza Donisi, a late-night pizza joint.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Unlike your next-door neighbor’s house, where every room might carry a thread of familiarity through it, a show house is bursting with different styles from one room to the next because a different interior designer oversees each room.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
Rustin’s next-door neighbor thought they should be sent directly from school to compulsory work gangs.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
The ice rink opened next door to American Ice in November 1940.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Plus, the bar is right next door to Pizza Donisi, a late-night pizza joint.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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