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
Example Sentences
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At the Austin condo complex, a next-door neighbor said Paxton’s unit has a renter.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The passenger ferry had been sailing from Bali to the next-door island of Lombok when it caught fire in the early morning hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
She would never have suspected then that she and her next-door neighbour would be moving out just 24 months later.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It won only one out of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu and three out of 140 in next-door Kerala, both of which have significant numbers of Christians and Muslims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
We could even send midnight messages from our windows, using flashlights and Morse code, like next-door friends do in books.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
Woody Fincham, a real-estate appraiser in Virginia, agrees that a data center going up right next door to a residential property or a subdivision could have an effect on property values.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Indeed, it seems more than possible that the stereotypical Canadian “niceness” is a consequence of living next door to an armed and dangerous neighbor.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ruth Dickie lives next door at number 6.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Robert Pluhowski, whose family has summered next door to Duryea’s since the 1970s, said the problem goes beyond Rowan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
I hear the TV a few doors down and the whir of a blender next door.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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