comforter

com·fort·er  (kmfr-tr)

n.

1. One that comforts: the nurse as comforter of the sick.

2. Comforter Christianity The Holy Spirit.

3. A quilted bedcover.

4. A narrow, long, typically woolen neck scarf.

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comforter [ˈkʌmfətə]

n

1. a person or thing that comforts

2. (Clothing & Fashion) Chiefly Brit a woollen scarf

3. a baby's dummy

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) US a quilted bed covering

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Comforter [ˈkʌmfətə]

n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity an epithet of the Holy Spirit

[translation of Latin consolātor, representing Greek paraklētos; see Paraclete]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune sympathiser, sympathizer communicator - a person who communicates with others Job's comforter - someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
	2.	comforter - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" allayer, reliever individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	comforter - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together quilt, puff, comfort bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding - coverings that are used on a bed continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider patchwork quilt, patchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
	4.	comforter - device used for an infant to suck or bite on baby's dummy, teething ring, pacifier device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

Translations

comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] N

1. (baby's) → chupete m, chupón m (LAm)

2. (US) (= blanket) → edredón m

3. (= scarf) → bufanda f

comforter [ˈkʌmfə^rtə^r] n (US) (= quilt) → édredon m
comfort food n → aliment m réconfortant

comforter

n

(= person) → Tröster(in) m(f); my wife was my comforter in times of stress → in schweren Zeiten war meine Frau mein Beistand

(dated: = scarf) → Wollschal m

(= dummy, teat) → Schnuller m

(US: = quilt) → Deckbett nt

comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] n (person) → consolatore/trice; (scarf) → sciarpa di lana; (baby's dummy) → ciuccio, succhiotto (Am) (quilt) → trapunta