Meaning & Definition of Blanket in English

1. Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

• "He pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"

2. Anything that covers

• "There was a blanket of snow"

3. A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

1. Cover as if with a blanket

• "Snow blanketed the fields"

2. Form a blanket-like cover (over)

1. 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"