NIGHT-LIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does night-light mean? 

• NIGHT-LIGHT (noun)
  The noun NIGHT-LIGHT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NIGHT-LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHT-LIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("night-light" is a kind of...):

light; light source (any device serving as a source of illumination)

 Context examples 

I had a night-light burning, however.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)