: 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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Utkarsh Sood
june 29, New Atlas, 29 June 2025
But Sandy also proved an equal opportunity social ambassador, greeting with alacrity everyone from the next-door neighbor to the homeless man on a park bench.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
The new custom zoning being applied for will allow the firms to build the apartment building while protecting the existing tramway building next door from development.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
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Adjective
Buzz vans operated by companies than owned by your next-door neighbor.
—Utkarsh Sood
june 29, New Atlas, 29 June 2025
But Sandy also proved an equal opportunity social ambassador, greeting with alacrity everyone from the next-door neighbor to the homeless man on a park bench.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Adverb
Meanwhile, right next door at Parkville Market, four new restaurants have moved into the food mall with seating indoors and outdoors, meaning all 22 spaces are filled for now.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
The new custom zoning being applied for will allow the firms to build the apartment building while protecting the existing tramway building next door from development.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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