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blanket
What does blanket mean?
blanket (noun): bedding that keeps a person warm in bed.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use blanket in a sentence?
- The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce blanket?
/ˈblæŋkət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blanket come from?
Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of blanket?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “blanket”?
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What does “blanket” mean?
how something is done or how it happens
Not quite: that's what style means.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
Not quite: that's what trick means.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
Right! That's what “blanket” means.
a firm decision or an official decision
Not quite: that's what resolution means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “blanket”?
place
Not quite: place means something else.
money
Not quite: money means something else.
cover
Right!
night
Not quite: night means something else.
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