: 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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Cathy Goedde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
However, don’t expect to see much, though, because Earth’s next-door neighbor is entirely surrounded by a thick cloud shroud.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Opposite is the fat and welcoming British Library, composed of 10 million bricks, a number that merely nips at the toes of the 60-million-brick St. Pancras Hotel next door.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Our next-door neighbors, Julie and Mike, were the kind of people who became a second family.
—Cathy Goedde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
However, don’t expect to see much, though, because Earth’s next-door neighbor is entirely surrounded by a thick cloud shroud.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
Adverb
But at Hotel Riu Plaza next door, multiple human rights groups held a press conference Thursday condemning the Saudi government and the FII conference.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Opposite is the fat and welcoming British Library, composed of 10 million bricks, a number that merely nips at the toes of the 60-million-brick St. Pancras Hotel next door.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Next-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next-door. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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