comforter
noun
a person or thing that comforts.
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comforter
American
[kuhm-fer-ter]
/ ˈkʌm fər tər /
noun
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
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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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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
Referred to as "the comforter", he was ushered in - along with his family - by a marching band, horse parade and a series of luxury vehicles, among them a midnight sapphire Rolls Royce.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Clean: Here are guides to washing your comforter and your blankets.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
As she raised her comforter and slipped under the sheets, she looked as if she were all alone in the world, as lonely as a woman with two grown daughters could be.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
Tracing who owns the MV Comforter 2 and other vessels operating in Ghana is complicated.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
Before the coronavirus outbreak they planned to get married May 16 at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, N.C., and expected 252 guests.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2020
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
RoCo, short for Roving Comforter, would follow its owners like a self-propelled vacuum cleaner and provide enough comfort to allow homes and businesses to adjust the thermostat up to four degrees.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2016
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
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
Look, I get it, comforters are large and intimidating, which is why plenty of people spend a lot of money taking them to the dry cleaners.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
Inside Vera Filipova’s gloomy, grimy home, blackened pots litter the messy kitchen and rumpled comforters sit on unkempt beds.
From Reuters ● May 20, 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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