Blanket
WordNet
noun
(1) Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
"He pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
(2) A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
(3) Anything that covers
"There was a blanket of snow"
verb
(4) Cover as if with a blanket
"Snow blanketed the fields"
(5) Form a blanket-like cover (over)
WiktionaryText
English
Noun
- A cloth, usually large, used for warmth or sleeping.
- The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
- A layer of anything.
- The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
- 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.
Adjective
- In general; covering or encompassing everything.
- They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.