: in or to the next building, house, apartment, or room
lives next door
broadly
: in or at an adjacent place
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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Eli Saslow Erin Schaff Eli Saslow, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Kiki on the River is about to get a glamorous new next-door neighbor.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
Blake Gillespie, SPIN, 11 June 2024
The eatery opened next door to its decade-old sibling, Chef's Table, last year and has caused quite a stir in Chester.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 10 June 2024
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Adjective
Another was her next-door neighbor of nearly 30 years.
—Eli Saslow Erin Schaff Eli Saslow, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Kiki on the River is about to get a glamorous new next-door neighbor.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
Adverb
While all record stores have a recognizable musk, Delta Breeze’s fragrance in the ground-floor of a 100-year-old Victorian duplex is complemented with the aroma of fortune cookies baking next door.
—Blake Gillespie, SPIN, 11 June 2024
The eatery opened next door to its decade-old sibling, Chef's Table, last year and has caused quite a stir in Chester.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 10 June 2024
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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