Definition: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
Usage: he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
Main entry: blanket
Definition: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
Definition: anything that covers
Usage: there was a blanket of snow
Main entry: blanket
Definition: cover as if with a blanket
Usage: snow blanketed the fields
Main entry: blanket
Definition: form a blanket-like cover (over)
Main entry: broad, blanket, extensive, encompassing, panoptic, wide, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board
Definition: broad in scope or content
Usage: across-the-board pay increases; an all-embracing definition; blanket sanctions against human-rights violators; an invention with broad applications; a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner; granted him wide powers