blanket
/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables
Blanket means: broad in scope or content.
Synonyms for blanket15
noun, as in bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
noun, as in anything that covers
adjective, as in broad in scope or content
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide, comprehensive
What does blanket mean?6
adjective
1
broad in scope or content“across-the-board pay increases”
noun
1
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed“he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep”
2
anything that covers“there was a blanket of snow”
3
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
verb
1
cover as if with a blanket“snow blanketed the fields”
2
form a blanket-like cover (over)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Blanket in a sentence
- For goodness sake, do get out from the blanket!terrywallwork
- She was on the sofa, wrapped in the blanket.Nuel
- Give the cat a cozy spot to sleep, like a soft blanket.Amastan
- Here's a cozy blanket for you, my adorable little neko boy.Ahha
- Whoever sleeps in a good blanket, says winter is not cold.FaridTrad
- I'm thinking about water, about a blanket to suffocate the flames.LoverofEnglish
- The sadness becomes a familiar friend, wrapping itself around me like a heavy blanket.Nuel
- I sit on a cozy chair, wrapped in a soft, warm blanket.Nuel
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of blanket
as a noun
- plural
- blankets
as a verb
- past tense
- blanketed
- present participle
- blanketing
- third-person singular
- blankets
- past participle
- blanketed