next-door
adverb
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.
next-door
American
[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-]
/ ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-, ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /
adverb
adjective
next door
British
adjective
Etymology
Origin of next-door
First recorded in 1475–85
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You’re now in an open meadow with these next-door neighbors where you both have plenty of space.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Other next-door neighbors include a convent, a multi-building affordable-housing complex and a preschool for children with hearing loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
But all of that has gone hand-in-hand with persistent complaints about a slow bureaucracy and a dysfunctional city administration which famously took almost 15 years to build an international airport with next-door Brandenburg state.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Villains in previous Toy Story movies have included a large purple teddy bear called Lotso, troubled next-door neighbour Sid, a ruthless toy collector named Al and creepy vintage doll Gabby Gabby.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
His next-door neighbor’s son was a night rider.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Merilyn Prentice, 78, is another refugee from the state next door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
At one point they joked that having us next door was better than a maintenance contract.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
"We see, for example, customers who, after winning vegetables, go to the supermarket next door to buy ingredients to complete their dinner."
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
In the hotel next door, Joseph Goebbels was resting after a long train journey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And trying to keep people from their jobs, from the livelihoods that put food on their plate and a roof over their heads, was as dangerous as the mountain next door.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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