night-light

noun

ˈnīt-ˌlīt How to pronounce night-light (audio)
: a light kept burning throughout the night

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The Hatch Baby Sound Machine & Night-Light is the perfect nursery night-light for your infant. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 In 1965, a night-light salesman from Providence, Rhode Island, named Herbert Goldberger was flying on American Airlines with a layover in New York. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Illumination also looks nice in daylight hours, which is often the harder piece of the night-light puzzle to figure out. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2025 When its business end faces down, the projector can serve as a night-light with adjustable brightness, warm and cool modes, and tweakable colors to set the mood or just provide a subtle glow for meditation and relaxation. — Paul Ridden june 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for night-light

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1823, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of night-light was circa 1823

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“Night-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night-light. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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