comfort food
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- noun
- /ˈkʌmfərt fuːd/
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comida reconfortante
- After a long, stressful week, I decided to make some macaroni and cheese, my favorite comfort food.
When you work all day and you feel sorry for yourself, comfort food feels pretty good.
- When you work all day and you feel sorry for yourself, comfort food feels pretty good.
- And it just is way more of like a comfort food vibe.
- But now, now you're going to get comfort food that's comfortable everywhere, reliably good.
- It was perfection, like true comfort food to me.
- And in terms of comfort food, that just makes me feel cozy and nice on a cold day.
- Emotional eating or stress eating is generally thought of as the concept of eating comfort foods when when you're stressed out.
- But I also had a certain ritual before debates, like I had to, I had my little comfort food with the steak and potatoes.
- Like if I'm going to eat Italian, I need comfort food and I may not need it tomorrow or it's been a long day.
Examples
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After chowing down on one of my ultimate comfort foods, I was ready to vote.
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To describe in simple words, the menu is comfort food meets Southwestern flavors.
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When you work all day and you feel sorry for yourself, comfort food feels pretty good.
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Just bringing you some comfort food.
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I just needed some comfort food.
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Today it's a comfort food that takes me back to my childhood and simpler times.
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And in terms of comfort food, that just makes me feel cozy and nice on a cold day.
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- We've had a pretty rough day and this comfort food is exactly what we need.
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Chicken and dumplings is probably the ultimate in Southern comfort food in the United States.
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With the winds howling outside last night, I felt the need for comfort food!
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How Comforting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food that makes you feel better' is directly derivable from combining 'comfort' (relief, soothing) with 'food' (what is eaten): it denotes food that provides comfort. This noun–noun composition is a transparent, cross‑linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Comfort food comes from the simple image of comfort given by familiar food like warm soup or a family dish that reminds you of home or childhood. That's why it means 'food you eat to feel better'.