comfort food

This page is about the collocation comfort food

collocation pattern: noun + noun

Meaning

food you eat to make yourself feel better, esp. food you liked as a child

For example

  • If I'm sad I get some vanilla ice cream, my favourite comfort food.

  • Comfort foods made her feel better, but they also made her put on weight.

Quick Quiz

Jenny eats comfort food whenever she's feeling

a. relaxed

b. comfortable

c. stressed
a) relaxed b) comfortable c) stressed

Contributor: Matt Errey