: 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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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Ada County losing people to Boise PD as well, sheriff says
Meridian isn’t the only one losing people to its next-door neighbor.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 21 July 2025
Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Its developer proposes to build a 55-story timber tower on the site next door that would be the city’s — and Wisconsin’s — tallest building.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
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Adjective
Jumping even further back, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women sees next-door neighbor Laurie choose sister Amy over his longtime love Jo.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Ada County losing people to Boise PD as well, sheriff says
Meridian isn’t the only one losing people to its next-door neighbor.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 21 July 2025
Adverb
Her dental chair had no faucet or spitting basin, and the office’s side walls were partially open to the rooms next door.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Its developer proposes to build a 55-story timber tower on the site next door that would be the city’s — and Wisconsin’s — tallest building.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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