blanket

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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• Rhymes: -æŋkɪt

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blanket (plural blankets)

1. A cloth, usually large, used for warmth or sleeping.

   The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

2. A layer of anything.

   The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

   A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.

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• wet blanket

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blanket (not comparable)

1. In general; covering or encompassing everything.

   They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.

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to blanket (third-person singular simple present blankets, present participle blanketing, simple past and past participle blanketed)

1. (transitive) To cover.

   A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

2. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

   The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.

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