NEXT DOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does next door mean? 

• NEXT DOOR (adverb)
  The adverb NEXT DOOR has 1 sense:

1. at or in or to the adjacent residence

  Familiarity information: NEXT DOOR used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEXT DOOR (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At or in or to the adjacent residence

Synonyms:

in the adjacent apartment; in the adjacent house; next door

Context example:

the criminal had been living next door all this time

 Context examples 

Also known as Sh 2-29, Sharpless 29 is located about 5500 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), next door to the larger Lagoon Nebula.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

The instant we had closed the door he stepped quickly along the passage to the next door, which was open.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"You mean the people who live in the big house next door, don't you?" asked one of the girls.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I could get the nicest house in the world for you, next door to ours, in Hanover-square.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Next door there appeared to be a children’s party, for the merry buzz of young voices and the clatter of a piano resounded through the night.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This done, he went away, muttering, and uttered the cry of his trade next door, in a vindictive shriek.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Another knock and the appearance of two young ladies sent me back to my work, and there I virtuously remained through all the noise and gabbling that went on next door.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With a washerwoman, who exposes hard-bake for sale in her parlour-window, dwelling next door, and a Bow-street officer residing over the way, you may imagine that his society is a source of consolation to myself and to Mrs. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The good lady next door says he is studying too hard and needs young society, amusement, and exercise.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)