blanket
blan|ket /bl'æŋkɪt/ (blankets blanketing blanketed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, N of n
A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.
The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow...
Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.
3 [VERB] V n
If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it.
More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan...
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions.
There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.
= comprehensive
5
see also electric blanket, security blanket, elec|tric blan|ket (electric blankets)
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An electric blanket is a blanket with wires inside it which carry an electric current that keeps the blanket warm.se|cu|rity blan|ket (security blankets)
1 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to something as a security blanket, you mean that it provides someone with a feeling of safety and comfort when they are in a situation that worries them or makes them feel nervous.
Alan sings with shy intensity, hiding behind the security blanket of his guitar.
2 [N-COUNT]
A baby's security blanket is a piece of cloth or clothing which the baby holds and chews in order to feel comforted.wet blan|ket (wet blankets)
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If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves. (INFORMAL)
= spoilsport
1 [N-COUNT]
A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, N of n
A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.
The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow...
Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.
3 [VERB] V n
If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it.
More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan...
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions.
There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.
= comprehensive
5
see also electric blanket, security blanket, elec|tric blan|ket (electric blankets)
[N-COUNT]
An electric blanket is a blanket with wires inside it which carry an electric current that keeps the blanket warm.se|cu|rity blan|ket (security blankets)
1 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to something as a security blanket, you mean that it provides someone with a feeling of safety and comfort when they are in a situation that worries them or makes them feel nervous.
Alan sings with shy intensity, hiding behind the security blanket of his guitar.
2 [N-COUNT]
A baby's security blanket is a piece of cloth or clothing which the baby holds and chews in order to feel comforted.wet blan|ket (wet blankets)
[N-COUNT]
If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves. (INFORMAL)
= spoilsport