blanket
[noun]
Synonyms:
- cover, coverlet, rug
- covering, carpet, cloak, coat, layer, mantle, sheet
[verb]
Synonyms:
- cover, cloak, coat, conceal, hide, mask, obscure, suppress

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I. blan‧ket¹ /ˈblæŋkət, ˈblæŋkɪt/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: blanket 'white cloth' (13-15 centuries), from Old French blankete, from blanc; ⇒ blanch]

1. [countable] a cover for a bed, usually made of wool ⇒ duvet

2. [singular] a thick covering or area of something
blanket of
The hills were covered with a blanket of snow.
blanket of fog/cloud

3. [singular] something that makes it hard for you to find information or the truth about something Synonym : cloak
blanket of
The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy.
⇒ electric blanket at electric(1), ⇒ wet blanket, security blanket

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II. blanket² verb [transitive usually passive]
to cover something with a thick layer
be blanketed in/with something
The rooftops were blanketed in snow.

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III. blanket³ adjective [only before noun]
blanket statement/rule/ban etc a statement, rule etc that affects everyone or includes all possible cases:
the proposed blanket ban on tobacco advertising
a blanket strategy

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blanket
noun
ADJ. heavy, thick | thin | warm | electric
VERB + BLANKET cover sb with, wrap sb in | draw up, pull up She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.
kick off, push off, throw off
PREP. beneath/under a/the ~ They shivered under their thin blankets.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

blanket
ˈblæŋkɪt
See: wet blanket

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