blanket: meaning and definitions

A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.

A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.

Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.

Applying to or covering all members of a class: blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.

To cover with or as if with a blanket: leaves that blanket the ground.

To cover so as to inhibit, suppress, or extinguish: blanketed the grease fire with sand.

To apply to generally and uniformly without exception: high telephone service charges that blanketed our region.