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Meaning of Blanket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈblæŋkɪt

Definitions

  1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
  2. A covering layer of anything.
  3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
  4. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Equivalents

Afrikaans kombers
العربية البطّانيّة بطانية حرام غطاء فراش لحاف
Azərbaycanca yorğan
Беларуская коўдра
Български завивам одеяло пласт покривам
বাংলা কমলি কম্বল কাঁথা রাজাই লেপ
བོད་སྐད ཉལ་གཟན
Bosanski čapa ćebe deka general pokrivač ponjava tačke пласт покривач поњава ћебе
Català manta
Čeština deka houně přikrývka
Cymraeg blanced cylched gwrthban planced tapin
Dansk tæppe
Deutsch abdecken abgrasen allgemein allumfassend Bettdecke Decke decken durchstreifen general- Kolter Lage pauschal Schicht Überdecken umfassend verdecken Wolldecke zudecken
Ελληνικά κουβέρτα μπατανία
Esperanto litkovrilo
Español capa cobija colcha frazada frisa general manta
فارسی پتو کمپل
Suomi ahoja huopa kattaa länketti loimi matkahuopa peite peittaa peitto viltti yleis-
Français Couverture Couvrir général recouvrir
Gaeilge blaincéad ciumhais pluid
Gàidhlig plaide
Galego cobertor manta
ગુજરાતી કંબલ કાંબળો ધાબળો
Hausa bargo
עברית שמיכה
हिन्दी ओढ़ना कंबल कम्बल गिलीम
Hrvatski čapa deka general pokrivač ponjava tačke дека пласт покривач поњава
Magyar pokróc takaró
Հայերեն վերմակ
Bahasa Indonesia kain karet selimut
Íslenska ábreiða
Italiano coltre coperta mantello
日本語 毛布 総括
ქართული საბანი
ខ្មែរ ភួយ
한국어 담요 이불 탄재 프디
Kurdî çapa general koç kombers men
Latina lodix stratum
Lingála bolangiti
ລາວ ຜ້າຫົ່ມ
Lietuvių antklodė
Latviešu sega
Македонски ќебе
മലയാളം പുതപ്പ്
Монгол хөнжил
Bahasa Melayu selimut
Malti kutra
မြန်မာဘာသာ စောင်
नेपाली कम्बल
Nederlands allesomvattend bedekken deken
ଓଡ଼ିଆ କମ୍ବଳ
Polski deka koc pokrywa
Português coberta cobertor manta
Română pătură valtrap
Русский одеяло пласт покров покрывало слой
Slovenščina odeja
Shqip batanije kuvertë
Српски čapa ćebe deka general pokrivač ponjava tačke пласт покривач поњава ћебе
Sesotho kobo
Svenska filt lager täcke
Kiswahili blanketi
தமிழ் போர்வை
ไทย ผวย ผ้าห่ม
Türkçe battaniye kaplamak kapsamak kuvertür örtmek örtü sarmak
ئۇيغۇرچە ئەدىيال
Українська ковдра одія́ло пелена покрива́ло
اردو کمبل
Oʻzbekcha adyol
Tiếng Việt chân men

Examples

“The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.”
“The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.”
“The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.”
“In this case, the excavations were carried down to a depth of 3 ft. 9 in. below rail level, and pre-cast concrete slabs were laid between a 12 in. blanket of quarry waste and the ballast.”
“There was no difficulty in sighting the semaphores from this timely warning to each one; but it would have been another matter if the driver had to peer continuously into that white blanket [fog] looking for them without any pre-warning.”
“A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

blanket ass blanket ballot blanket ban blanket bath blanket bog blanket bush

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