BLANKET
Dictionary entry overview: What does blanket mean?
• BLANKET (noun)
The noun BLANKET has 3 senses:
1. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
2. anything that covers
3. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
Familiarity information: BLANKET used as a noun is uncommon.
• BLANKET (adjective)
The adjective BLANKET has 1 sense:
1. broad in scope or content
Familiarity information: BLANKET used as an adjective is very rare.
• BLANKET (verb)
The verb BLANKET has 2 senses:
1. cover as if with a blanket
2. form a blanket-like cover (over)
Familiarity information: BLANKET used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLANKET (noun)
Meaning:
Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blanket; cover
Context example:
he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
Hypernyms ("blanket" is a kind of...):
bed clothing; bedclothes; bedding (coverings that are used on a bed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blanket"):
afghan (a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl)
electric blanket (a blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat)
mackinaw; Mackinaw blanket (a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States)
manta (a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl)
security blanket (a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety)
Meaning:
Anything that covers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
blanket; mantle
Context example:
there was a blanket of snow
Hypernyms ("blanket" is a kind of...):
cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)
Meaning:
A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blanket" is a kind of...):
bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)
Holonyms ("blanket" is a part of...):
breeder reactor (a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns)
• BLANKET (adjective)
Meaning:
Broad in scope or content
Synonyms:
encompassing; blanket; all-inclusive; all-encompassing; all-embracing; across-the-board; broad; extensive; panoptic; wide
Context examples:
across-the-board pay increases / an all-embracing definition / blanket sanctions against human-rights violators / an invention with broad applications / a panoptic study of Soviet nationality / granted him wide powers
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
• BLANKET (verb)
Meaning:
Cover as if with a blanket
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
snow blanketed the fields
Hypernyms (to "blanket" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The wind storms blanket the area with dust and dirt
Meaning:
Form a blanket-like cover (over)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "blanket" is one way to...):
cover; spread over (form a cover over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Dust and dirt blanket the area
