blanket1 nounblanket2 verbblanket3 adjective
blanketblan‧ket1 /ˈblæŋkɪt/ ●●○ noun 
WORD ORIGINblanket1
Origin:
1300-1400 blanket ‘white cloth’ (13-15 centuries), from Old French blankete, from blanc; ➔ BLANCHEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And we've no hot water bottles or extra blankets on board.
- He walked over and pulled the blanket off the body.
- It was a deep narrow trail in the grey blanket.
- They spent their long winters under a deep blanket of snow, singing and creating ghost stories.
- Too many trucks have been stolen; clothes, blankets, medicines looted.
WORD SETS
alcove, nounattic, nounback door, nounbasement, nounbasin, nounbath, nounbath, verbbath mat, nounbathroom, nounbathtub, nounbedchamber, nounbedroom, nounblanket, nounblind, nounbottom drawer, nounbox room, nouncabinet, nouncistern, nouncowl, nouncrazy quilt, noundado, noundeadbolt, noundeck, noundinette, noundining room, noundoorbell, noundoorjamb, noundoorknob, noundoorknocker, noundoormat, noundoorpost, noundoorstep, noundoorstop, noundoorway, noundouble glazing, noundownspout, noundownstairs, adverbdrainpipe, noundrapes, noundrawing room, noundressing room, nouneiderdown, nounfamily room, nounfanlight, nounfender, nounfireplace, nounfireside, nounfloor, nounfoyer, nounFrench doors, nounFrench windows, nounfrieze, nounfront door, nounfurnishings, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegarage, noungarret, noungeyser, noungranny flat, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhearth, nouninglenook, nounironing board, nounjamb, nounkitchen, nounlarder, nounlattice window, nounlibrary, nounlino, nounlinoleum, nounliving room, nounloft, nounlounge, nounlumber room, nounmaster bedroom, nounmat, nounmorning room, nounornament, nounpalace, nounpane, nounpantry, nounparlour, nounparquet, nounpassage, nounpatio, nounpatio doors, nounpelmet, nounpenthouse, nounpied-à-terre, nounplayroom, nounporch, nounpublic housing, nounquilt, nounradiator, nounranch, nounranch house, nounreception room, nounrecess, nounrecessed, adjectiverecreation room, nounrug, nounrunner, nounself-contained, adjectivesemi, nounsemi-detached, adjectiveshade, nounsill, nounsitting room, nounskylight, nounspare room, nounsplashback, nounsplit-level, adjectivestair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstorm door, nounstorm window, nounstucco, nounstudy, nounsuite, nounsun lounge, nounsun porch, nounterraced house, nounthreshold, nountied cottage, nountrestle table, nountub, nounundercoat, noununderfelt, noununderlay, noununit, nounutility room, nounveranda, nounvilla, nounwainscot, nounwalk-up, nounwall, nounwallpaper, nounwallpaper, verbwall-to-wall, adjectivewarming pan, nounwashroom, nounwastebasket, nounwet bar, nounwhitewash, nounwhitewash, verbwoodwork, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The hills were covered with a blanket of snow. The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm)
1[countable] a cover for a bed, usually made of wool2[singular] a thick covering or area of somethingblanket of The hills were covered with a blanket of snow. The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy. (=including all possible cases)· They imposed a blanket ban on beef products from Europe.
(=a thick layer)· In the morning, a blanket of cloud still covered the country.
an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm) (=a large area of fog)· A blanket of fog lay over the town.
· The ground was covered with snow.
· Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket of snow.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Later, although savouring the warmth of the electric blanket, she lay frowning in the darkness.· It was his bed in Ilium, and the electric blanket was turned up high.· It has a fan heater and an electric blanket on the single bed.· Perhaps she was wondering if some one had remembered to switch the electric blanket on.· There was no one in the apartment to turn on the electric blanket.· Never use a hot water bottle and an electric blanket together, as this is extremely dangerous.
· Outside the fog blanketed the tiny attic, a thick, grey blanket of splintered frost.· The fog sat like a heavy grey wool blanket about twenty metres thick.· Joseph was shrouded beneath a grey, black-striped blanket, and rested his rifle across his saddle pommel.· Murrell, a grey blanket covering his head, was driven away in a green Rover to begin the motorway dash.· Behind the familiar trestle table with its grey army blanket, sat the commanding officer flanked by two others of lesser rank.· There was a soldier behind a desk which was really only a trestle table with a grey blanket on it.· The room was full of three-tier metal bunks made up with grey blankets and hung with clothes and towels.· It was a deep narrow trail in the grey blanket.
· An old battle-axe of a nun wrapped them both in heavy blankets, forcing cups of mulled wine down their throats.· A mild breeze was picking up, offsetting the heavy blanket of sunshine that settled on my arms.· The sheets seemed as heavy as blankets and Flit was the only thing that prevented the mosquitoes descending on us like vultures.· The fog sat like a heavy grey wool blanket about twenty metres thick.
· Outside the fog blanketed the tiny attic, a thick, grey blanket of splintered frost.· The day following the incident on the stairs, Mitford was enclosed by a thick blanket of fog and rain.· Now that it had been draped by thick blankets stripped from the beds upstairs it was very dark.· The 20-minute ride to the dinner table is chilly; you hunker down, gripping a thick blanket and your companion.· But the thick blanket over the wire cage hid him from view.· Holford House now had a knobbly look, the immense chimneys standing inside roofless walls, covered in thick blankets of ivy.
· The girls shiver in spite of the warm white cellular blankets that cover them.· He snuggled down into the warm blankets.· The chain had not been replaced, nor would it ever be, and warm, fresh blankets covered her.
· The bullets thumped into the wet blanket in front of me, making it jump like there was a bear inside.· The morose Mitchells wins the wet blanket award.· But there was no large wet blanket to be had.· Morose Michell wins the wet blanket award.· They thought he was a middle aged wet blanket.· Most of all, the Colonel was intrigued that the wet blanket had absorbed the energy of the pistol shots.
· She had been wrapped in a woollen blanket and the only clothes she wore were a felt hat and fur shoes.
NOUN· The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.· They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.· The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.· His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.· One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.· The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.· Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
· The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
· A friend knitted me a fabulous Nordic jumper, which immediately took on the status of security blanket.· The suffocating security blanket extends well beyond the convention center.· Safeguarding the security blanket can be very important in coping with considerable upheaval.· Tokyo was my security blanket, the only stability I had known.· All these controls can be turned off, but they do form a comforting security blanket.· The veil was her security blanket.· A firewall provides more than real security-it often plays an important role as a security blanket for management.
The hills were covered with a blanket of snow.blanket of fog/cloud3[singular] something that makes it hard for you to find information or the truth about something SYN cloakblanket of The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy. → electric blanket at electric(1), wet blanket, security blanketblanket1 nounblanket2 verbblanket3 adjective
blanketblanket2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
blanket
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | blanket |
| he, she, it | blankets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | blanketed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have blanketed |
| he, she, it | has blanketed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had blanketed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will blanket |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have blanketed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am blanketing |
| he, she, it | is blanketing | |
| you, we, they | are blanketing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was blanketing |
| you, we, they | were blanketing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been blanketing |
| he, she, it | has been blanketing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been blanketing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be blanketing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been blanketing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- At first it came down almost lazily, in huge, silent flakes which soon blanketed the frozen ground.
- Billows of gray smoke blanketed the area.
- Later, looking back, I wondered if for a brief hour my malady had blanketed me from consciousness of the present.
- Outside the fog blanketed the tiny attic, a thick, grey blanket of splintered frost.
- They depend on people clicking on the advertising banners that now blanket most commercial sites.
- When the train stopped the air blanketed my shoulders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm)
to cover something with a thick layerbe blanketed in/with something (=including all possible cases)· They imposed a blanket ban on beef products from Europe.
(=a thick layer)· In the morning, a blanket of cloud still covered the country.
an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm) (=a large area of fog)· A blanket of fog lay over the town.
· The ground was covered with snow.
· Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket of snow.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Thick layers of snow blanket every horizontal surface.
The rooftops were blanketed in snow.GRAMMAR Blanket is usually passive.blanket1 nounblanket2 verbblanket3 adjective
blanketblanket3 adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A blanket requirement was announced by education officials -- all schools had to cut their budgets by 25%.
- Dementia is a blanket term for various types of psychiatric disorder.
Longman Language Activatoraffecting or including all of something
affecting everything or every part of a situation: · They want a total ban on cigarette advertising.· My parents had complete control over my life.· The satellite TV station is providing total coverage of the Olympic Games.
: blanket decision/statement/term etc one that affects every part of a situation: · A blanket requirement was announced by education officials -- all schools had to cut their budgets by 25%.· Dementia is a blanket term for various types of psychiatric disorder.
including or involving all or almost all the parts of a situation: · Even though some of the details are badly done, the overall effect of the painting is very dramatic.· His attitude towards his job seemed consistent with his overall approach to life.· Conference members agreed on an overall approach to drug abuse that focuses on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
involving all possible parts of an idea or system: · We've done a global study on the company's weaknesses.· Simon & Schuster said it no longer wanted the smaller company because it did not fit into its global strategy.
: all-embracing concept/statement/term etc (=one in which all features of a situation have been thought of and included) · The prison governor now has all-embracing powers to deal with any situation in the way he thinks fit.· Physicists are searching for one all-embracing theory that covers matter, energy, radiation, and gravity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm)
(=including all possible cases)· They imposed a blanket ban on beef products from Europe.
(=a thick layer)· In the morning, a blanket of cloud still covered the country.
an electric blanket (=one with electric wires in it, used for making a bed warm) (=a large area of fog)· A blanket of fog lay over the town.
· The ground was covered with snow.
· Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket of snow.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
blanket statement/rule/ban etc a statement, rule etc that affects everyone or includes all possible cases: - Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
- His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
- One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
- The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
- The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
- The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
- The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
- They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
the proposed blanket ban on tobacco advertising a blanket strategy