comfort breaknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌm.fət ˌbreɪk/us/ˈkʌm.fɚt ˌbreɪk/also comfort stop UKa short pause in a meeting to allow people to go to a toilet:
Shall we have a comfort break?
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Pauses & interludes
- abeyance
- adjourn
- break
- break-journey
- caesura
- coffee break
- hiatus
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- lapse
- lull
- moratorium
- pause
- postpone
- respite
- stop
- stoppage
- suspension
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