next-door

[ adverb neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-; adjective 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

   the next-door house

   we live next door to the dentist

Word History and Origins

Origin of next-door¹

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

Others, sometimes next door, were almost entirely unaffected — some still with lush green lawns.

From Los Angeles Times

Jonathan explained to us how the raging torrent had scooped up trucks parked next door to the Matías family home with one smashing through an external wall.

From BBC

Staff at a nearby BP petrol station told the BBC they had to seal off pumps to prevent an explosion as fireworks were being launched into the restaurant next door.

From BBC

Jason Perez, who operates a diner, Mr. Rosewood Family Restaurant, next door to the motel, said circumstances were “a disaster scene every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.”

From Los Angeles Times

Now it’s an AT&T store; there’s an escape room next door.

From Los Angeles Times