Blanket

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

66 more languages

Afrikaanskombers

العربيةالبطّانيّةبطانيةحرامغطاءفراشلحاف+ 3 more

Azərbaycan diliyorğan

Беларускаякоўдра

Българскизавивамодеялопластпокривам+ 1 more

বাংলাকমলিকম্বলকাঁথারাজাইলেপ+ 2 more

བོད་སྐད།ཉལ་གཟན

Bosanskičapaćebedekageneralpokrivačponjavatačkeдекапеленапластпокривачпоњаваћебе+ 10 more

Catalàmanta

Češtinadekahouněpřikrývka

Cymraegblancedcylchedgwrthbanplancedtapin+ 2 more

Dansktæppe

Ελληνικάκουβέρταμπατανία

Esperantolitkovrilo

فارسیپتوکمپل

Suomiahojahuopakattaalänkettiloimimatkahuopapeitepeittaapeittovilttiyleis-+ 8 more

Gaeilgeblaincéadciumhaispluid

Gàidhligplaideplangaid

Galegoalmucelacobertormanta

ગુજરાતીકંબલકાંબળોધાબળો

Hausabargo

עבריתשמיכה

हिन्दीओढ़नाकंबलकम्बलगिलीम+ 1 more

Hrvatskičapaćebedekageneralpokrivačponjavatačkeдекапеленапластпокривачпоњаваћебе+ 10 more

Magyarpokróctakaró

Հայերենվերմակ

Bahasa Indonesiakain karetselimut

Íslenskaábreiða

Italianocoltrecopertamantello

日本語毛布総括

ქართულისაბანი

ភាសាខ្មែរភួយ

한국어담요이불탄재프디+ 1 more

Kurdîçapageneralkoçkombersmen+ 2 more

Latinalodixstratumstroma

Lingálabolangiti

ລາວຜ້າຫົ່ມ

Lietuviųantklodė

Latviešusega

Македонскиќебе

മലയാളംപുതപ്പ്

Монголхөнжил

Bahasa Melayuselimut

Maltikutra

မြန်မာစောင်

नेपालीकम्बल

Nederlandsallesomvattendbedekkendeken

ଓଡ଼ିଆକମ୍ବଳ

Polskidekakocpokrywa

Portuguêscobertacobertormanta

Românăpăturăvaltrap

Русскийодеялопластпокровпокрывалослой+ 2 more

Slovenščinaodeja

Shqipbatanijekuvertë

Српскиčapaćebedekageneralpokrivačponjavatačkeдекапеленапластпокривачпоњаваћебе+ 10 more

Sesothokobo

Svenskafiltlagertäcke

Kiswahiliblanketi

தமிழ்போர்வை

ไทยผวยผ้าห่ม

Türkçebattaniyekaplamakkapsamakkuvertürörtmekörtüsarmak+ 4 more

ئۇيغۇرچەئەدىيال

Українськаковдраодія́лопеленапокрива́ло+ 1 more

اردوکمبل

O'zbekchaadyol

Tiếng Việtchânmen

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.”

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