blanket (n.)

  1. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep

    [ Syn: cover ]

  2. anything that covers; there was a blanket of snow

    [ Syn: mantle ]

  3. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

    blanket (adj.)

  1. broad in scope or content; across-the-board pay increases; an all-embracing definition; blanket sanctions against human-rights violators; an invention with broad applications; a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner; granted him wide powers

    [ Syn: across-the-board , all-embracing , all-encompassing , all-inclusive , broad , encompassing , extensive , panoptic , wide ]

    blanket (v.)

  1. cover as if with a blanket; snow blanketed the fields'

  2. form a blanket-like cover (over)

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