neighbour

neighbour
neigh|bour
W2S2 BrE neighbor AmE [ˈneıbə US -bər] n
[: Old English; Origin: neahgebur]
1.) someone who lives next to you or near you
One of the neighbors complained about the noise from the party.
FBI agents were interviewing all their friends and neighbors.
Our next-door neighbours (=the people who live in the house next to us) say they'll look after our cat for us while we're away.
2.) a country that is next to another one
→↑bordering
Israel and its Arab neighbours
3.) someone or something that is next to another person or thing of the same type
The teacher saw Phil passing a note to his neighbour.
The garden was divided from its neighbour by a high wall.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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