blanket
blanket is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
- adjective. A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
- adjective. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
- transitive verb. To cover with a blanket.
- transitive verb. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
- transitive verb. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
- noun. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
"he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
- noun. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
- noun. anything that covers
"there was a blanket of snow"
- verb. cover as if with a blanket
"snow blanketed the fields"
- verb. form a blanket-like cover (over)
- adjective. broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner
"across-the-board pay increases"
"an all-embracing definition"
Synonyms
cover, mantle, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
Common word forms
blankets, blanketed, blanketer, blanketing, blanketless
Words from these letters
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