: 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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Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Sydney marked Bertinelli’s return to CBS following her whirlwind success as girl-next-door Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
Opened in 2018, The Coffee Joint is the companion consumption space to a dispensary located next door.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Skeet was born in 1951 in next-door Winkler County, and his family moved to Mentone in 1953.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Sydney marked Bertinelli’s return to CBS following her whirlwind success as girl-next-door Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
Now the abode next door is up for sale, as well.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
Opened in 2018, The Coffee Joint is the companion consumption space to a dispensary located next door.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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