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next door

noun [U]
 
UK informal

Definition

the person or people living in the next room, house, or building: Next door's having a party next week, did you know?Next to and besideFriends, acquaintances and contemporaries
(Definition of next door noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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