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Meaning of blanket

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  blanket
      adj 1: broad in scope or content; "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" [syn:
             {across-the-board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing},
             {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing},
             {extensive}, {panoptic}, {wide}]
      n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the
           covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: {blanket},
           {cover}]
      2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn:
         {blanket}, {mantle}]
      3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a
         nuclear reactor
      v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
      2: form a blanket-like cover (over)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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