comforter
noun
a person or thing that comforts.
comforter
American
[kuhm-fer-ter]
/ ˈkʌm fər tər /
noun
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comforters
plural
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a person or thing that comforts.
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a quilt.
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a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.
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the Comforter. Holy Ghost.
comforter
1
British
/ ˈkʌmfətə /
noun
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a person or thing that comforts
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a woollen scarf
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a baby's dummy
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a quilted bed covering
Comforter
2
British
/ ˈkʌmfətə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comforter
1300–50; Middle English comfortour < Anglo-French, Old French conforteor, equivalent to confort ( er ) ( see comfort) + -eor < Latin -ōr- -or 1 or -ātōr- -ator
Example Sentences
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The Valkyries established a 30-plus network of area bars for fans to gather to watch games and they helped a player with sleeping problems by offering everything from a different comforter to a sleep study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“What is that?” he said, holding a corner of the comforter aloft, staring intently at something located where he had been about to lie down.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
A former colleague comes in on the ferry to bring comforter tops for my knotting group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
A down comforter makes a gift that will be appreciated for years.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
We shoved the rockets into the bag and the bag under the bed and got the edges of Bobby Gene’s comforter pulled down just in the nick of time.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Tracing who owns the MV Comforter 2 and other vessels operating in Ghana is complicated.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
But others, including Holy Comforter, had their schools turned to charters.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2019
The groom, 39, is the organist and director of music at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, N.C.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2019
She called herself the Public Universal Friend, the All-Friend, and the Comforter, among other names, and answered only to male pronouns.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 24, 2019
Comforter, sheets, pillows, blankets: everything has to be removed from Dussel’s bed, where it’s kept during the day.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
We host volunteers for dinner and knotting comforters for refugees many Monday evenings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Downright Bedding has been perfecting down for 50 years, handcrafting comforters, pillows, and feather beds to order.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Six of its campsites, each available to reserve through recreation.gov, offer yurts including queen beds with linens, down comforters and pillows, along with two nightstands and an oversized rug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Inside Vera Filipova's gloomy, grimy home, blackened pots litter the messy kitchen and rumpled comforters sit on unkempt beds.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2022
She brings us pillows and comforters, and pajamas for Boo.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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