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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is blanket a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, blanket is tagged as noun.
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