blanket

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed (Freq. 19)
- he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
• Syn:
cover
• Derivationally related forms:
coverlet (for: cover)
• Hypernyms:
bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
• Hyponyms:
afghan, electric blanket, mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket, manta, security blanket
2. anything that covers (Freq. 4)
- there was a blanket of snow
• Syn:
mantle
• Derivationally related forms:
mantle (for: mantle)
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
3. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
• Hypernyms:
layer, bed
• Part Holonyms:
breeder reactor

II - verb

1. cover as if with a blanket (Freq. 1)
- snow blanketed the fields
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- The wind storms blanket the area with dust and dirt
2. form a blanket-like cover (over)
• Hypernyms:
cover, spread over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Dust and dirt blanket the area

III - adjective

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, broad,
encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), extensiveness (for: extensive)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mantle, cover