next-door

American  

[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-] / ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-, ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /

adverb

1. Also next door to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like.

   Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.

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adjective

1. being situated or living next-door.

   next-door neighbors.

next door British  

adjective

1. at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc

   we live next door to the dentist

   the next-door house

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Etymology

Origin of next-door

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

When he was young, he told his next-door neighbors it was his dream to live in it one day.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, a nemesis dismisses John Cena’s namesake vigilante, whose real name is Chris Smith, as “a jingoistic garbage person with the musical taste of the next-door bully from ‘Toy Story.’”

From Salon

Instead of calling an extermination company, my landlord would just text me, claiming the next-door neighbors were dirty.

From MarketWatch

His parents even bought the next-door house, knocked it down and built a cricket pitch where Robin and his elder brother Chris could practise - complete with an early bowling machine - and hired ex-Natal player Grayson Heath to coach them.

From BBC

Howard Lutnick, the president's commerce secretary, was a next-door neighbour of Epstein's for 10 years.

From BBC

Related Words

• adjacent
• adjoining
• immediate
• nearby
• neighboring
• warm