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comforter

[kuhm-fer-ter] / ˈkʌm fər tər /
NOUN
a person or thing that comforts
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NOUN
a quilted bed covering
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The mattress was stiff but the sheets and comforter were fine.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

A down comforter makes a gift that will be appreciated for years.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2025

Referred to as "the comforter", he was ushered in - along with his family - by a marching band, horse parade and a series of luxury vehicles, among them a midnight sapphire Rolls Royce.

From BBC May 3, 2025

Clean: Here are guides to washing your comforter and your blankets.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2024

I move my head away from his hand, play with the edge of my comforter.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

We host volunteers for dinner and knotting comforters for refugees many Monday evenings.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Downright Bedding has been perfecting down for 50 years, handcrafting comforters, pillows, and feather beds to order.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2025

Six of its campsites, each available to reserve through recreation.gov, offer yurts including queen beds with linens, down comforters and pillows, along with two nightstands and an oversized rug.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

When he understood what was happening, he pulled two beds close together and laid between them wrapped in comforters after grabbing his cellphone.

From Reuters Mar. 4, 2023

Hear Job, sitting in dust and ashes, his children dead, his substance gone, surrounded by false comforters: ‘Yea, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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