| space blanket | |
| —n | |
| a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion | |
| [C20: material originally developed as part of the US space programme] | |
| Main Entry: | space blanket |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a covering made of an aluminum-coated plastic sheet, designed to retain heat in a person's body, esp. following trauma |
| Etymology: | 1972 |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |