night-light

1. 1.

   light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)

   Broaderlight

Questions about night-light

What does night-light mean?

night-light means "light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)".

How many syllables are in night-light?

night-light has 2 syllables and divides as night--light 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 night-light a common word?

night-light is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.