'Blanket' definitions:

Definition of 'blanket'

From: WordNet
adjective
Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]
noun
Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover]
noun
Anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle]
noun
A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
verb
Cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
verb
Form a blanket-like cover (over)

Definition of 'Blanket'

From: GCIDE
  • Blanket \Blan"ket\, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
  • 1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, "Hold, hold!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.
  • A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour?ges. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blanket'

From: GCIDE
  • Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanketing.]
  • 1. To cover with a blanket. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll . . . blanket my loins. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. [1913 Webster]
  • We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. [1913 Webster]
  • Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'blanket'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Blanket, TX -- U.S. town in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Blanket, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000) :
402
Housing Units (2000) :
189
Land area (2000) :
0.574704 sq. miles (1.488477 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.574704 sq. miles (1.488477 sq. km)
FIPS code :
08596
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
31.826469 N, 98.788172 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
76432
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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