comfort food

noun

: food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal

Examples of comfort food in a Sentence

Pot roast and fried chicken are my favorite comfort foods. a restaurant that serves comfort food
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An invitation to return to one’s roots, to traditional flavors, to comfort food. Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025 Serving up comfort food from homemade pie to tenderloins Schwabe, 59, and her husband Carl, 60, took over operation of the Sunoco at 2501 Lafayette Road in late 2011. Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 The building will soon be home to Roxie’s, a comfort food restaurant named in honor of his grandmother, Roxanna Roberts. Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Mallard's serves classic meat-and-three plates and some American comfort food standards. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for comfort food

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of comfort food was in 1958

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“Comfort food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20food. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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