1. Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
   "he pulled the blankets over his head and went to sleep";
   - cover
    
2. Anything that covers
   "there was a blanket of snow";
   - mantle
    
3. A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
   "The lead blanket provided essential shielding for the reactor core"

1. Cover as if with a blanket
   "snow blanketed the fields"
    
2. Form a blanket-like cover (over)
   "Snow blanketed the fields"

1. Broad in scope or content
   "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators";
   - across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide

Derived forms: blanketing, blankets, blanketed

See also: comprehensive

Type of: bed, bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding, cover, covering, layer, natural covering, spread over

Part of: breeder reactor

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