: 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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Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
Two anime fans in New Delhi and São Paolo might have more in common with each other than their next-door neighbors.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Even the frat boys next door got involved, doting on Stella and holding her during study breaks.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Her go-to hairstylist, Mark Townsend, definitely leaned more bombshell than girl-next-door for this look.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
Two anime fans in New Delhi and São Paolo might have more in common with each other than their next-door neighbors.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
Police officers later appeared with a canine and tracked the shooter through the site and onto a property next door, Hope said.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Even the frat boys next door got involved, doting on Stella and holding her during study breaks.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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