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View synonyms for electric blanket

electric blanket

[ ih-lek-trik blang-kit ]

noun

  1. a blanket that encloses a heating element in the form of insulated wire.


electric blanket

noun

  1. a blanket that contains an electric heating element, used to warm a bed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of electric blanket1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

Ironically enough, the box in which they rest is from a 1960s GE electric blanket that stopped working only in 2008.

As the antecedent of the modern American electric blanket, they enticed the drowsy to bed.

In a few months, good liquor will be scarcer than an electric blanket in hell.

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