: 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
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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Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
Shelter Island, New York Accessible only by ferry, Shelter Island, the Hamptons’ quiet next-door neighbor, is the perfect seaside retreat.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
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 7 May. 2024.
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