night-light

noun

ˈnīt-ˌlīt 

: a light kept burning throughout the night

Examples of night-light in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The exhaust fan also features an adjustable light and a night-light to brighten your bathroom. — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025

The differences between a night-light for an adult and a nursery night-light for a child mostly come down to the style of the night-light. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 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

Illuminated by a programmable multicolor LED, a miniature disco ball is magnetically levitated to create a kaleidoscopic night-light. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2014

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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for night-light

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight