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comfort food definition

comfort food

Informal any food eaten not only for its pleasing taste but also for a sense of contentment, nostalgia, etc. that it provides

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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