night-light

noun

: a light kept burning throughout the night

Examples of night-light in a Sentence

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

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 6 Jul. 2026.

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