Definition of "blanket" []

• A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed. (noun)
• A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow. (noun)
• Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy. (adjective)
• Applying to or covering all members of a class: blanket sanctions against human-rights violators. (adjective)
• To cover with or as if with a blanket: leaves that blanket the ground. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But for me a flannel nightgown and a blanket is a less expensive way of taking care of that problem here."
• "BLITZER: Are you, as the Washington Post reported, ready to give what they call blanket amnesty to anyone who authorized these wiretaps?"
• "Flora covered him with her pocket handkerchief, which she called a blanket, and tried to wait patiently for him to finish his nap."