blanket

nouns

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

"he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"

blanket, cover

anything that covers

"there was a blanket of snow"

blanket, mantle

a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

blanket

is a part of

a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns

breeder reactor

is a type of (narrower)

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

bed, layer

verbs

cover as if with a blanket

"snow blanketed the fields"

blanket

is a type of (narrower)

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

"cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

cover

form a blanket-like cover (over)

blanket

is a type of (narrower)

form a cover over

"The grass covered the grave"

cover, spread over

adjectives

broad in scope or content

"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide