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
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.
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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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