blanket
IPA: bɫˈæŋkʌt
noun
- A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
- A layer of anything.
- A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
- A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
verb
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
- (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
- (transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
- (transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
- (transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
- Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
adjective
- General; covering or encompassing everything.
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Examples of "blanket" in Sentences
- They enclosed the blanket.
- The blankets enveloped them.
- The blankets were diaphanous.
- I swathed myself with blanket.
- I spread the blanket on the floor.
- These are used bedspread, blanket, or carpet.
- It is used as a bedspread, blanket, or carpet.
- It may serve as a bedspread, blanket, or carpet.
- Feathery blanket always makes me sleepy when I get on the bed.
- When Pingu and Pinga go to bed, they snuggle into the warm blanket.
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