Preposition: of

• secrecy: The Campaign says this would create a blanket of secrecy for internal documents, contrary to what the regulations actually state.

• fog: The rain has stopped and a thick blanket of fog has settled over the river.

• snow: Snow by Thursday as the big chill hits Much of Britain could be buried under a blanket of snow before we even reach December.

Converse of object

• tuck: With Spock's help, McCoy worked Kirk into some dry clothes then tucked a blanket around him.

Adjective modifier

• electric: Electric blankets cause more than 5,000 fires a year.

• woolen: The skeletal arms hugging her chest, her body covered in a ragged woolen blanket.

• woolen: Several dead bodies lie near, each covered with its brown woolen blanket.

• thick: Alder could see more of the thick, white blanket which covered the land all the way to the horizon.

Modifies a noun

• bog: Blanket bog is listed under Annex 1 of the EC Habitats Directive where ' active ' examples are a priority habitat.

• mire: Blanket mire often occurs in a mosaic with rock outcrops, acid grassland and upland dry heath.

• peat: Blanket peat forms in areas of high rainfall, often with low temperatures.

• ban: With their blanket bans they have given up any tenuous moral right they may have had.

• weed: This will kill off blanket weed for several weeks.

• prohibition: This means that there is no blanket prohibition on the release of such information.

Noun used with modifier

• fleece: This basket includes: - Blue fleece blanket, perfect for everyday use with matching rattle to keep baby amused.

• sludge: From time to time some of the sludge blanket is ' drawn off ' and discharged to the sludge processing plant.

• cashmere: The six-foot bed with crisp sheets, cozy duvet and cashmere blankets was the comfiest I've ever slept in.

• tartan: DW: Proper kilt for Fort Bill in 05 rather than this year's tartan car blanket?

• picnic: We got caught in a downpour unexpectedly today and we all shivered while I wrapped our picnic blanket round the Mutsy!

• baby: She's holding William wrapped in his blue baby blanket.