- a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- a similar piece of fabric used as a covering for a horse, dog, etc.
- the chief garment traditionally worn by some American Indians.
- any extended covering or layer: a blanket of snow.
- Printing.
- (in a press for offset printing) the rubber-covered cylinder to which an inked impression is transferred from the plate for transfer directly to the paper.
- (in a press for letterpress printing) the resilient covering on the cylinder against which the paper is pressed in printing.
- a thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.
- to cover with or as with a blanket: wild flowers blanketing the hillside.
- to obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually followed by out): An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.
- to toss (someone) in a blanket, as in fraternity hazing.
- (of a vessel) to take wind from the sails of (another vessel) by passing closely to windward.
- covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.
- born out of wedlock.
- a large piece of thick cloth for use as a bed covering, animal covering, etc, enabling a person or animal to retain natural body heat
- a concealing cover or layer, as of smoke, leaves, or snow
- a rubber or plastic sheet wrapped round a cylinder, used in offset printing to transfer the image from the plate, stone, or forme to the paper
- a layer of a fertile substance placed round the core of a nuclear reactor as a reflector or absorber and often to breed new fissionable fuel
- applying to or covering a wide group or variety of people, conditions, situations, etc
- illegitimate
- to cover with or as if with a blanket; overlie
- to cover a very wide area, as in a publicity campaign; give blanket coverage
- to obscure or suppress
- to prevent wind from reaching the sails of (another sailing vessel) by passing to windward of it
