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blan⋅ket

  [blang-kit]
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–noun
1. a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used esp. for warmth as a bed covering.
2. a similar piece of fabric used as a covering for a horse, dog, etc.
3. the chief garment traditionally worn by some American Indians.
4. any extended covering or layer: a blanket of snow.
5. Printing.
a. (in a press for offset printing) the rubber-covered cylinder to which an inked impression is transferred from the plate for transfer directly to the paper.
b. (in a press for letterpress printing) the resilient covering on the cylinder against which the paper is pressed in printing.
6. a thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cover with or as with a blanket: wild flowers blanketing the hillside.
8. to obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually fol. by out): An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.
9. to toss (someone) in a blanket, as in fraternity hazing.
10. Nautical. (of a vessel) to take wind from the sails of (another vessel) by passing closely to windward.
–adjective
11. covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.
—Idiom
12. born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF, equiv. to blanc white (see blank ) + -et -et

Related forms:
blan⋅ket⋅less, adjective
blan⋅ket⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
4. cover, coat, mantle, overlay, coating.
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blan·ket   (blāng'kĭt)   
n.  

  1. A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.

  2. A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.

adj.  

  1. Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.

  2. Applying to or covering all members of a class: blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.

tr.v.   blan·ket·ed, blan·ket·ing, blan·kets

  1. To cover with or as if with a blanket: leaves that blanket the ground.

  2. To cover so as to inhibit, suppress, or extinguish: blanketed the grease fire with sand.

  3. To apply to generally and uniformly without exception: high telephone service charges that blanketed our region.


[Middle English, from Old French, an unbleached soft cloth, from blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

blanket 
c.1300, from O.Fr. blanchet dim. of blanc "white" (see blank). The verb is first recorded 1605. Wet blanket (1830) is from the notion of a person who throws a damper on social situations like a wet blanket smothers a fire.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: blan·ket
Function: adjective
1 : covering or affecting all members of a group or class <blanket health coverage>
2 : covering or affecting all situations blanket release of liability>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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