: 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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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Their next-door neighbor, the Tipsy Steer, is planning to stay open.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025
In The Beast In Me, a writer struggles to find her next book topic until a nefarious real estate tycoon moves in next door.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The Beast In Me details author Aggie Wiggs’ (Danes) investigation into her next-door neighbor, Nile Jarvis (Rhys).
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Their next-door neighbor, the Tipsy Steer, is planning to stay open.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
Adverb
Thiendinh Nguyen, owner of Vanity Nails KC next door, said it had been closed since at least Tuesday.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025
In The Beast In Me, a writer struggles to find her next book topic until a nefarious real estate tycoon moves in next door.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for next-door
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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