night light
night light is the alternative form of nightlight.
Meaning of nightlight
Noun
nightlight (countable and uncountable, plural nightlights)
- A small, dim light or lamp left on overnight.
- She had brought in with her the night-light that had been burning outside her door. She blew it out.1925, D. H. Lawrence, chapter XVIII, in Louis L. Martz, editor, Quetzalcoatl, New York: New Directions, published 1998, page 310
- Light that shines at night, such as moonlight or starlight.
- The floor-cloth deadened his footsteps as he moved in that direction through the obscurity, which was broken only by the faintest reflected night-light from without.1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Six, Chapter III
Forms of night light
| plural | night lights |
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Questions about night light
- What is night light the alternative form of?
- Night light is the alternative form of nightlight.
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