comforts

Definition of Comforts in English :

things that make you comfortable and at ease

Example Sentences:
'all the comforts of home'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Comforts

plural noun

things that make life easier and more pleasant

she enjoys the material comforts her career has bought her

Electricity provides us with warmth and light and all our modern home comforts.

I do like my comforts.

tr.v. com·fort·ed, com·fort·ing, com·forts

1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.

2. To ease physically; relieve: comforted the feverish patient with a cool cloth.

n.

1.

a. A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress: finally sat in comfort on the soft pillows.

b. A condition of well-being, contentment, and security: an income that allowed them to live in comfort.

2.

a. Solace or consolation in time of sorrow or distress: soothing words of comfort.

b. Help; assistance: gave comfort to the enemy.

3.

a. Something providing ease, convenience, or security: the comforts of modern living.

b. A person or thing that brings consolation or mental ease: a friend who was a comfort to me in my grief.

4. Chiefly Southern & Lower Northern US A quilted bedcover; a comforter.