next-door

[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-]

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.

adjective

1. being situated or living next-door.

   next-door neighbors.

next door

adjective

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

   we live next door to the dentist

   the next-door house

Word History and Origins

Origin of next-door¹

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

Video footage captured from the next-door neighbor’s house shows Rodriguez “in the middle of the street, kind of marching down with a gun in his hand,” Kirakosian said.

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Rodriguez, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, is initially seen walking on the roadway in security camera footage taken from the next-door neighbor’s house.

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Liz and Malcolm have an affectionate, spiky rapport — she seems a bit guarded, unsure about surrendering to his proclamations of love — but the dynamic radically shifts once Malcolm’s next-door neighbor appears.

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Your home is far safer if your next-door neighbors’ houses aren’t burning down and sending fiery debris and showers of embers into the air.

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He even made appearances in the next-door bar, Dalva, where his arrival felt like “the president had arrived, making their rounds, shaking hands and charming everyone,” said one mourning Instagram commenter.

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Related Words

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