Blanket Definition

blăngkĭt
blanketed, blanketing, blankets
noun
blankets
A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.
American Heritage
A large piece of cloth, often of soft wool, used for warmth as a bed cover or a covering for animals.
Webster's New World
A layer that covers or encloses.
A thick blanket of snow.
American Heritage
Anything used as or resembling a blanket; covering.
A blanket of leaves.
Webster's New World

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.
Wiktionary
adjective
Applying to or covering all conditions or instances.
A blanket insurance policy.
American Heritage
Covering a group of conditions or requirements; including many or all items.
A blanket insurance policy.
Webster's New World
Applying to or covering all members of a class.
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.
American Heritage

In general; covering or encompassing everything.

They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.
A blanket ban.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
blanketed, blanketing, blankets
To cover with or as if with a blanket.
Leaves that blanket the ground.
American Heritage
To cover with or as with a blanket; overspread; overlie.
Webster's New World
To cover so as to inhibit, suppress, or extinguish.
Blanketed the grease fire with sand.
American Heritage
To apply uniformly to.
Webster's New World
To apply to generally and uniformly without exception.
High telephone service charges that blanketed our region.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Blanket

Noun

Singular:
blanket
Plural:
blankets

Origin of Blanket

  • Middle English from Old French an unbleached soft cloth from blanc white of Germanic origin bhel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French blanchet, diminutive of blanc (“white”).

    From Wiktionary

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