blanket

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I think this blanket will be the test run / keep at grandma's blanket, just in case I screw it up.

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  1. noun A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.
  2. noun A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.
  3. adjective Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.
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  • The carpeted bit beneath his blanket was almost completely gone, and you could see through to the rear lights, which rattled, loose in their casings. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
  • I should have loved to have been an Indian squaw, except that a blanket is a rather warm toilette de bal . —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
  • Now she was naked, for there had not been time for her clothing to dry; the blanket was her clothing. —  Xone of Contention
  • A small white marking in the blanket is acceptable, as is a break in the white collar.
  • I think this blanket will be the test run / keep at grandma's blanket, just in case I screw it up. —  Woolly Mutts
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

cloth ·  cloak ·  shirt ·  sheet ·  rug ·  towel ·  bag ·  pillow ·  curtain ·  shawl ·  fur ·  glove

Used in the same contextWord Family

blanket:   blankets ·  blanketed
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, an unbleached soft cloth, from blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English blanket, blonket, from Old French blanket (French blanchet, Middle Latin blanketus, blanchetus), also feminine blankete, blanquette, diminutive of blanc, white: see blank, a.
  2. from blanket, n.
 

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/ˈblæŋkɛt/
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