it was just as well that 16-month-old Madison had her comfort blanket with her yesterday
another term for security blanket (sense 1)
leaving the comfort blanket of a regular salary after 20 years is a bit overwhelming
Example sentencesExamples
Once more, he was plunged into loneliness, as painful as bereavement, but this time without the comfort blanket of political office on which he had grown so dependent to make up for the void in his private life.
Cell phones, computers and tablets are carried around like comfort blankets.
Food isn't my comfort blanket anymore either, although I do have an emergency Curly Wurly in my classroom.
I've been with the company for thirty seven years, it's my comfort blanket I reckon.
Some parents reduce the size of a comfort blanket or rag by a small piece at a time over several weeks until there is very little left.
Parents described children regressing in other ways such as going back to using a dummy or a comfort blanket and needing a sleep in the day.
Definition of comfort blanket in US English:
comfort blanket
noun
British
it was just as well that 16-month-old Madison had her comfort blanket with her yesterday
another term for security blanket (sense 1)
leaving the comfort blanket of a regular salary after 20 years is a bit overwhelming
Example sentencesExamples
I've been with the company for thirty seven years, it's my comfort blanket I reckon.
Parents described children regressing in other ways such as going back to using a dummy or a comfort blanket and needing a sleep in the day.
Once more, he was plunged into loneliness, as painful as bereavement, but this time without the comfort blanket of political office on which he had grown so dependent to make up for the void in his private life.
Some parents reduce the size of a comfort blanket or rag by a small piece at a time over several weeks until there is very little left.
Food isn't my comfort blanket anymore either, although I do have an emergency Curly Wurly in my classroom.
Cell phones, computers and tablets are carried around like comfort blankets.