blanket

Universal Words noun, adjective, verb noun 1 a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm: It's cold tonight-can I have another blanket? * The baby was wrapped in a blanket. seealsoELECTRICBLANKET 2 [usuallysing.] ~ of sth a thick layer or covering of sth: a blanket of fog / snow / cloud * (figurative) The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy. seealsoWETBLANKET adjective [onlybeforenoun] including or affecting all possible cases, situations or people: a blanket ban on tobacco advertising * a blanket refusal verb [VN] [oftenpassive] (written) to cover sth completely with a thick layer: Snow soon blanketed the frozen ground.