comfort zone
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The range of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors that people or other organisms require in order to be physiologically unstressed.
Example Sentences
- "The child who swings between extremes has trouble finding the comfort zone—the area in which her body is comfortable, efficient, and alert."
- "All this is very bad news for coral, which has a fairly limited temperature comfort zone."
- "The desirable comfort zone indicated lies between 30 and 65% relative humidity."
- "The warmest temperature that defines this comfort zone is the critical high temperature, above which chickens suffer heat stress. The lowest temperature is the critical low, below which chickens suffer cold stress."
- "The demanding interview panel took him well out of his comfort zone."
- "Anything is a strong word… But the major building blocks of life: work, relationships, leisure activities and growth – dancing can help you with all of these. How? By getting you out of your comfort zone. And getting out of your comfort zone is the first step towards being a dancer, as well as succeeding at most other activities."