low-beam

1. 1.

   used of headlights

   “following with low-beam headlights”

   Similardimmed

Questions about low-beam

What does low-beam mean?

low-beam means "used of headlights".

How many syllables are in low-beam?

low-beam has 3 syllables and divides as low--be-am under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is low-beam a common word?

low-beam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.