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blan·ket
I. \ˈblaŋkə̇t, -aiŋ-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French blanqete, from blanc white + -et (diminutive suffix) — more at blank
1.
a. archaic : a white or undyed woolen cloth
b. : a cloth woven with samples of various designs usually used as a display sample or for experimental purposes
c. or blanket cloth
(1) : a heavy reversible cotton fabric often with jacquard figures and usually with a dense nap used for blankets and clothing (as bathrobes)
(2) : a similar woolen cloth in solid colors used for coats
2. : a sheet of fabric adapted to a particular purpose: as
a. : a piece of warm fabric for use as a bed covering being of wool, cotton, or synthetic yarns and usually oblong and napped on both sides — compare quilt, robe, sheet
b. : a similar piece of fabric used as a body covering (as for a horse or dog) or among certain primitive peoples as a cloak
c. : a band of fabric running beneath the cloth in a cloth-printing machine and forming the covering of a slasher cylinder
d.
(1) : a heavy cloth used to catch fine gold or valuable minerals (as in blanket sluices or on concentrating tables
(2) : the permeable cloth sheet or membrane used in flotation cells in ore dressing
e.
(1) : a sheet of wool, felt, or rubber in the packing of an impression cylinder to soften the impression or reduce makeready in printing
(2) : a rubber sheet in an offset press that receives the inked impression from the plate and transfers it to the surface being printed
3. : a covering layer or sheet
< a blanket of clouds >
< the still-white snow blanket >
as
a. : a covering (as of sauce, chopped vegetable, bacon) on a service of food (as of meat or fish)
< a thick blanket of glutinous cream sauce >
b. : a thin surface formed by one or more coats of bituminous material on a roadway
c. : a thin widespread geologic deposit
< a blanket ore deposit >
< an alluvial blanket >
— compare tabular
d. : a streak or layer of blubber in whales
e. : a floral display for a funeral designed to be spread over the coffin like a bed blanket
f. : a layer of a fire-extinguishing agent (as foam or gas) spread over a burning surface in order to smother the fire
g. : a layer of less active material surrounding the highly reactive core of an atomic reactor
h. : insulating or shock-absorbing material formed into batts or sheets for ease of application
4. : a large pelt; especially : a beaver pelt of the largest market size
5. : something that covers and encloses
< a blanket of gloom descended on us >
or serves to guard, isolate, and protect
< the airfield was under security blankets >
< the vast Civil Service blankets which Presidents Roosevelt and Truman threw over Federal personnel — Arthur Krock >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to cover with or as if with a blanket
< new green grass blanketing the slopes >
< designed to blanket the Iron Curtain countries and other critical areas with powerful standard broadcasts — New York Times >
2. archaic : to toss in a blanket (as by way of punishment)
3. : to cover so as to obscure, interrupt, suppress, or extinguish: as
a. : to cover (food) with a blanket
b. : to interfere with or stop (the fire of friendly forces) by coming into the line of fire or interposing friendly forces in the line of fire
c. : to make (radio receiving sets) ineffective by powerful signals or interference
d. : to take the wind out of the sails of by sailing to windward of (another ship)
e. : to control or extinguish (a fire) by means of a foam or gas blanket
f. : exclude, eliminate — usually used with out
< using an inert gas to blanket out corrosive fumes >
4.
a. : to cover or apply to uniformly despite wide separation or diversity among the elements included
< legislation blanketing subversive acts >
< freight rates that blanket a region >
b. : to cause to belong : cause to be included — often used with into or in
< every area … had automatically been blanketed into the San Jose Unified School District — Fortnight >
< will result in blanketing additional millions into the old-age pension system >
III. adjective
1.
a. : including or covering a group or class without any individual apportionment
< blanket insurance coverage >
< a blanket wage increase >
b. : effective or applicable in all instances or contingencies
< a blanket price >
< blanket rules >
< a blanket complaint >
2.
a. : of, relating to, or suggestive of a blanket
b. : having contestants extremely close together — used of the finish of a race
3. : consisting of one or more large sheets of newsprint folded once to make four pages each — often used in distinguishing the modern large newspaper from the tabloid |