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blankets

The correct spelling is blankets.

How to pronounce blankets

/blænkɛts/
noun

IPA: /blænkɛts/

Say it like: Bla-nke-ts

The correct spelling is blankets. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. For example: "The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him."

Usage Examples

The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.

Meanings

noun

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

verb

  1. 1.To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
  2. 2.To traverse or complete thoroughly.
  3. 3.To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
  4. 4.To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
  5. 5.To nullify the impact of someone or something.

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