creature comforts
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creature comfort
n. often creature comforts
Something, such as food and warmth, that contributes to physical comfort: "In World War I, creature comforts were cherished even more than comradeship and unit loyalties" (Stanley Weintraub).
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creature comforts
pl n
material things or luxuries that help to provide for one's bodily comfort
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crea′ture com′forts
n.pl.
things that contribute to bodily comfort and ease of mind, as food, warmth, or sleeping facilities.
[1650–60]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() bread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, living, support - the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
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Translations
creature comforts
pl → leibliches Wohl
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creature comforts
npl → comodità fplCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995