blanketing

[blang-ki-ting]

blan·ket·ing

[blang-ki-ting]
noun
1.
blankets: The blanketing was too warm.
2.
Radio. the effect of a signal from a powerful transmitter that interferes with or prevents the reception of other signals.

Origin:
1570–80; blanket + -ing1

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Blanketing is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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blan·ket

[blang-kit]
noun
1.
a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially 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.
EXPAND
6.
a thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.
COLLAPSE
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 followed 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.
12.
born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to blanc white (see blank) + -et -et

blan·ket·less, adjective
blan·ket·like, adjective
un·blan·ket·ed, adjective


4. cover, coat, mantle, overlay, coating.

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