Dictionary definition · blanket
noun
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed"he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
- anything that covers"there was a blanket of snow"
- a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
verb
- cover as if with a blanket"snow blanketed the fields"
- form a blanket-like cover (over)
adjective
- broad in scope or content"across-the-board pay increases"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).