: 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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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Other favorite memories include having legendary actress Meryl Streep as a next-door neighbor for a while, plus the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center right across the street.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Knudsen identified the victims as: Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, bartender
Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, patron
David Allen Leach, 70, patron
Tony Wayne Palm, 74, patron
According to the Granite County Sheriff’s Office, which is also investigating the case, Brown’s home is located next door to the bar.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Miraculously, only the gunman, 60-year-old Brian Joseph Montana, died in the violent April 28 episode on Arroyo Drive that began with Montana reportedly threatening to kill his next-door neighbors, seemingly over lawn trimmings that blew into his yard.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Other favorite memories include having legendary actress Meryl Streep as a next-door neighbor for a while, plus the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center right across the street.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
The store was the complete opposite of Ledbetter’s, the folk club that opened next door in the 1960s.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Knudsen identified the victims as: Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, bartender
Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, patron
David Allen Leach, 70, patron
Tony Wayne Palm, 74, patron
According to the Granite County Sheriff’s Office, which is also investigating the case, Brown’s home is located next door to the bar.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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