comforter
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Is comforter a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of comforter?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.Examples: "A vast quilt or comforter was heaped beside the bed, in a broad puddle of congealed blood, thick and shiny on the patterned rugs."Synonyms: duvet, (continental) quiltUS
2. (dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.Examples: "[…] round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter, whereof the straggling ends peeped out beneath his threadbare Newmarket coat, which was very tight and buttoned all the way up."; "The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight."; "“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”"UKdated
3. (New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.Synonyms: binky, bink, bo-bo, comforter, dodie, dummy, nookie, paciAustraliaNew-Zealand
name (English)
1. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.Examples: "In these words, with which the Gospel for this day commences, He speaks of the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, and of the Father, and of Himself"; "That this high- priestly office belongs only to the bishops, either to seal or to transmit the Comforter Spirit, is proved not only by Church usage"; "By the Spirit, He said, He would manifest Himself to them. "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you"Synonyms: Holy Spirit
Definition source: Wiktionary