a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm. It's cold tonight—can I have another blanket?

blanket adjective /ˈblæŋkɪt/ /ˈblæŋkɪt/ [only before noun] including or affecting all possible cases, situations or people.

​blanket something to cover something completely with a thick layer. The ground was soon blanketed with snow. Deposits of ash blanket the lower slopes of ...

1a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm It's cold tonight—can I have another blanket?

There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word blanket, two of which are labelled obsolete, and three of which are considered offensive and ...

to cover something completely with a thick layer The frozen ground was blanketed with snow. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language ...

including or affecting all possible cases, situations, or people; a blanket ban on tobacco advertising; a blanket refusal.

an act of washing the whole of somebody's body when they cannot get out of bed because they are sick, injured or old

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun blanket prisoner. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in ...

a cloth cover used to keep warm, esp. on a bed: fig. Congress was nearly buried under a blanket of criticism.