[
US
/ˈbɫæŋkət, ˈbɫæŋkɪt/
]
[ UK /blˈæŋkɪt/ ]
[ UK /blˈæŋkɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
-
anything that covers
there was a blanket of snow -
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
VERB
-
cover as if with a blanket
snow blanketed the fields - form a blanket-like cover (over)
ADJECTIVE
-
broad in scope or content
an invention with broad applications
granted him wide powers
an all-embracing definition
a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
across-the-board pay increases
How To Use blanket In A Sentence
- Behold the mermaid blanket, a fishy update on that hygge groundbreaker, the slanket. Times, Sunday Times
- Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
- More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan.
- I think you could get aroundthe police strategy discussed above by Orin Kerr arrest the potential non-consenting guy first with this sort of blanket prohibition. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Georgia v. Randolph Apply to Computers?
- At this time of year, plants are tucked up for the winter under a thick blanket of winter mulch.
- The video recordings of the interviews showed the suspect sitting at a desk clutching a blue blanket over his head. Times, Sunday Times
- I bundled Lucy up in a blanket and made her a cup of tea.
- The city is the first thing I see from my bedroom window when I roll up the blinds of a morning, except on those days when it is shrouded in a thick blanket of damp mist.
- The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog.
- She nodded snuggling deeper into the blankets and stealing their warmth.