blanket
1. blan.ket \'blan-k*t\ n [ME, fr. OF blankete, fr. blanc] 1a: a large usu.
oblong piece of woven fabric used as a bed covering 1b: a similar piece of
fabric used as a body covering 2: something that resembles a blanket; esp
: a covering layer
2. blanket vt 1: to cover with a blanket : 1a: to cover so as to obscure,
interrupt, suppress, or extinguish 1b: to apply or cause to apply to
uniformly despite wide separation or div ersity among the elements included
archaic 2: to toss in a blanket
3. blanket aj 1: covering a group or class 2: applicable in all instances