comfort food

[ kuhm-fert food ]

noun

1. simple, home-style food that brings comforting thoughts of home or childhood.

comfort food

noun

1. food that is enjoyable to eat and makes the eater feel better emotionally

Word History and Origins

Origin of comfort food¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

But, if anything, the endurance made the desire for comfort food even greater.

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The ABC comedy, while still entertaining, stopped being groundbreaking long ago, and serves largely as comedy comfort food.

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Why, they might even switch to amiable, Texas-accented, 77-year-old Schieffer, the television equivalent of comfort food.

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“Suddenly there was a trend to elevate comfort food,” continues Hanna-Korpi.

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The cafeteria style stop is basically a comfort food joint—think baby back ribs, shrimp and grits, and gumbo—done well.

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