Blanket

Quick meaning: Blanket is a noun meaning A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Meaning

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

More Meanings

1. A covering layer of anything.
2. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
4. General; covering or encompassing everything.
5. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
6. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
7. (transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Example Sentences

The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

Another observer offered a less blanket criticism.

The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

Some others appear to be adopting a more blanket approach

Word Forms

• blankets
• blanketing
• blanketting
• blanketed
• blanketted

Synonyms for blanket

Depending on context, synonyms include all-encompassing, exhaustive, across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, broad.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cover, mantle, wide, broad, all-inclusive, comprehensive.

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