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.

Origin of next-door

1
First recorded in 1475–85

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British Dictionary definitions for next door

next door

adjective, adverb(next-door when prenominal)
  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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