blanket

Definition

  • noun: a covering made of cloth that is used especially on a bed to keep you warm
  • noun: a large usually oblong piece of woven fabric used as a bed covering
  • verb: to cover (something)
  • verb: to cover with or as if with a blanket
  • usually singular

Examples

  • The witness was given 'blanket' protection from prosecution. [=the witness would not be prosecuted for anything]

  • The job was her 'security blanket'. [=the job was the thing that made her feel safe and secure]

  • A 'blanket' of gloom spread over the crowd when they realized their team would lose.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) with blinding team... A cloth about her head where late a crown had stood... And for a robe around her gaunt and blood soaked limbs... A blanket in the alarm of fear caught up, who had this seen... ...with tongue in venom steeped 'gainst fortunes state would treason have pronounced (..)
    2015 Hamlet