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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : blang-kit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæŋ kɪt



Definition of blanket

Origin :
  • c.1300, "bed-clothing; white woolen stuff," from Old French blanchet "light wool or flannel cloth; an article made of this material," diminutive of blanc "white" (see blank (adj.), which had a secondary sense of "a white cloth." Wet blanket (1830) is from the notion of a person who throws a damper on social situations like a wet blanket smothers a fire. In U.S. history, a blanket Indian (1859) was one using the traditional garment instead of wearing Western dress.
  • Only 26,000 blanket Indians are left in the United States. ["Atlantic Monthly," March 1906]
  • adj comprehensive
  • noun cover, covering
  • verb cover
Example sentences :
  • "We called it the Stick-which-kills-flying," said the Indian, and hid it again under his blanket.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • In other words, and to be concrete, put these things in the car while I fold the blanket.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • She leaned forward, and with her closed fist, pounded the blanket before him.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Here, take my hunting shirt and cap, and give me your blanket and hat.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The cook fluttered about in his blanket, brandishing a saucepan.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He looked back at Caius and pulled the blanket over his head.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • All the east was silver, and the darkness rolled back like a blanket.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • She inclined her head toward the blanket, which Dick had not noticed before.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Then he lifted the blanket, stepped into the dark, and let the curtain fall behind him.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Hagar shifted her blanket and thrust out a stubborn under lip.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

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