BLANKET

Blanket

A blanket is a type of bedding, generally speaking, a large piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while sleeping. Blankets are distinguished from sheets by their thickness and purpose; the thickest sheet is still thinner than the lightest blanket.

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blanket

Noun

  1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
    The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
  2. A layer of anything.
    The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
  3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
    A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
  4. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Verb

  1. To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
    A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
  2. To traverse or complete thoroughly.
    The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
  3. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
  4. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Adjective

  1. In general; covering or encompassing everything.
    They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.
    a blanket ban


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