Definitions of comforter
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commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
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synonyms:
sympathiser, sympathizer
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types:
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Job's comforter
someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
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type of:
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communicator
a person who communicates with others
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Job's comforter
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a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
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device used for an infant to suck or bite on
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synonyms:
baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring
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type of:
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device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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device
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bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
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types:
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continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
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patchwork, patchwork quilt
a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
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crazy quilt
a patchwork quilt without a design
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type of:
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bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding
coverings that are used on a bed
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continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown
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