NOUN | artifact | blanket, cover | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed |
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object | blanket, mantle | anything that covers | |
artifact | blanket | a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | |
VERB | contact | blanket | cover as if with a blanket |
stative | blanket | form a blanket-like cover (over) | |
ADJECTIVE | all | blanket, across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide | broad in scope or content |
Sounds | blae'ngkaht; blae'ngkiht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | Broad in scope or content. | |
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Example | "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators" | |
Synonyms | across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide | |
Broader | comprehensive | Including all or everything |
Spanish | amplio, completo, general, global | |
Catalan | ampli, complet, general, global |
Meaning | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed. | |
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Synonym | cover | |
Narrower | afghan | A blanket knitted or crocheted / crocheted in strips or squares |
electric blanket | A blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat | |
mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket | A thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | |
manta | A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl | |
security blanket | A blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety | |
Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed |
Spanish | colcha, frazada, manta | |
Catalan | cobertor, flassada, manta |
Meaning | Anything that covers. | |
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Example | "there was a blanket of snow" | |
Synonym | mantle | |
Broader | covering, natural covering, cover | A natural object that covers or envelops |
Spanish | capa, manto | |
Catalan | capa | |
Verbs | blanket | cover as if with a blanket |
blanket | form a blanket-like cover (over) |
Meaning | A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor. | |
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Part of | breeder reactor | A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns |
Broader | layer, bed | Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance |
Meaning | Cover as if with a blanket. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Model | The wind storms blanket the area with dust and dirt | |
Example | "snow blanketed the fields" | |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Nouns | blanket | anything that covers |
Meaning | form a blanket-like cover (over) . | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Model | Dust and dirt blanket the area | |
Broader | cover, spread over | form a cover over |
Nouns | blanket | anything that covers |
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