blanket

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular blanket

Plural blankets

1. (countable) A piece of cloth with which a person covers themselves.

   The girl was covered with a blanket by her mother when she went to bed.

2. (uncountable) A layer of something

   The city is under a blanket of snow.

Verb

Plain form blanket

Third-person singular blankets

Past tense blanketed

Past participle blanketed

Present participle blanketing

1. To cover something

   The lake was blanketed by fog.

Adjective

Positive blanket

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Covering everything

   The president proposed a blanket solution to stop crime.