n.
   - a large piece of woollen material used as a covering for warmth, as on a bed.
- a thick mass or layer:![]()  a blanket of cloud. 
- a rubber surface used for transferring the image in ink from the plate to the paper in offset printing.
adj.
 covering all cases; total:
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 a blanket ban on tobacco advertising.
v.
 (blankets, blanketing, blanketed)
  - cover completely with a thick layer.
- Sailing  take wind from the sails of (another craft) by passing to windward.
Phrase
  
    
      - born on the wrong side of the blanket
 dated illegitimate.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: via Old North. Fr. from OFr. blanc ‘white’, ult. of Gmc origin.