Definition of: blanket

(blang′kit) noun
1. A heavy woolen covering, as of a bed.
2. A robe of like material used, by Indians, as a garment, or for horses, etc., as a protection.
3. A sheet of other material, as cotton, of like appearance.
4. Anything that covers, conceals, or protects: a blanket of snow; a blanket of smoke; a blanket of rubber.
—adjective
1. Designating anything which covers a wide range or large number of interrelated names, conditions, objects, items, or the like; covering every phase of a subject; all-embracing: a blanket ballot; blanket injunction.
2. Using blankets for garments: a blanket Indian.
—v.t.
1. To cover with or as with a blanket.
2. To cover or apply uniformly: The new law blankets the nation.
3. To obscure or suppress; interfere: A strong broadcast blankets a weak one.
4. Naut. To deprive (a sailboat) of wind by passing close on the windward side.
5. To toss in a blanket as sport or punishment. [<OF blankete, dim. of blanc white; orig. a white or undyed cloth]