comforter

«comforter» in Mova's school dictionary: a person or thing that comforts someone who is sad or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a comforter, comforters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A comforter is a person or thing that comforts someone who is sad or worried. tree →

2) (US) A comforter is a thick, warm quilt for a bed. tree →

3) (UK, old) A comforter was a long woollen scarf. tree →

4) (UK, old) A comforter was a baby's dummy (US: pacifier). tree →

5) (Bible, church) The Comforter is a name for the Holy Spirit in some Bible translations; Christians believe God's Spirit comforts and helps them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a friend acts as a comforter in sad times. In The Wind in the Willows the animals wrap up in warm things in winter. In church, John's Gospel says Jesus promised to send «the Comforter». Phrase from the Bible: «Job's comforters», friends who make you feel worse.

examples

• Grandma was a great comforter when I was sad. tree →
• In America, I sleep under a fluffy comforter. tree →
• He wound his woollen comforter round his neck. tree →
• The baby sucked on his comforter. tree →
• Jesus promised his disciples the Comforter. tree →
• Job's friends were poor comforters. tree →

note

Countable. Note the different meanings in the USA (quilt) and in old British English (scarf, dummy). Capital C for the Holy Spirit.

In the corpora

• I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «comforter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.