comfort food

[kuhm-fert food] / ˈkʌm fərt ˌfud /

NOUN

satisfying food

Synonyms

WEAK

Mom's food home cooking meat and potatoes plain food prepackaged food

Example Sentences

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Their quick thinking was fortuitous; amid all that turmoil, fried chicken was the ultimate comfort food.

From Washington Post

The menu offers Soviet comfort food, with sausages, potato salad, soups including borscht and sour cream, and dessert with cherry and sour cream dumplings, all shining under a heat lamp.

From Los Angeles Times

Keep these in mind the next time you want to make the comfort food classic.

From Salon

Mole is a Mexican comfort food, and mac and cheese is an American comfort food.

From Salon

While we flirt with spring and experience weird bursts of hailstorms, rain and cold snaps, I think of comfort food and staying in.

From Seattle Times