comfort food
Simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one's formative years, often…Simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one's formative years, often a staple of diners and other informal restaurants.
» What's your go-to comfort food?
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)Simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one's formative years, often a staple of diners and other informal restaurants.
(countable, uncountable)Food, often high in carbohydrates or sugar, consumed to feel comfort or alleviate stress rather than to receive nutrition.
After the relationship ended, she overindulged on comfort food every night.
Nervennahrung, Seelentröster
- food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking
Examples
10 sentencesWhat's your go-to comfort food?
What's your favorite comfort food?
How about some comfort food?
Як щодо комфортної їжі? — Ahha
What is your favorite comfort food?
What are your favorite comfort foods?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From comfort + food. First use appears c. 1962 in the Independent (Pasadena, California).From comfort + food. First use appears c. 1962 in the Independent (Pasadena, California).
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Forms
plural: comfort foods| Singular | comfort food |
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Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable