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Blanket

UK /["/ˈblæŋkɪt/"]/US /["/ˈblæŋkɪt/"]/

Definition

a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm

In simple words: A large piece of cloth used to keep warm.

Examples

  • It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?
  • The baby was wrapped in a blanket.
  • She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.
  • They shivered under their thin blankets.
  • a **blanket of fog/snow/cloud**
  • The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy.
  • The sun was breaking through the blanket of mist.
  • The walls were covered in blankets of ivy.

Usage notes

Used in both formal and informal contexts. Appropriate for discussing bedding or warmth; less suitable in formal writing that does not relate to comfort or home.

Grammar pattern

standalone noun

Memory hint

Imagine a big, soft blanket wrapping you up like a warm hug.

Collocations

  • heavy
  • thick
  • thin
  • cover somebody with
  • drape over somebody/​something
  • tuck around somebody
  • beneath a/​the blanket
  • under a/​the blanket
  • a wet blanket

Synonyms

  • cover
  • quilt
  • throw
  • indle
  • coverlet

Antonyms

  • exposure
  • revealing

Common mistakes

  • Confused with 'blanket' as a verb and noun.
  • Incorrectly pluralizing as 'blankets' without context.
  • Using 'blanket' to describe unrelated flat objects.