blanket

CEFRA2

/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    bedding that keeps a person warm in bed.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A covering layer of anything.

Examples

  • I'm very sensitive to cold. May I have another blanket?

  • It was so cold I clung to the blanket all day.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪt] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kɪt/
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

  2. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

  3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

More examples

In context

  • It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?

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

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

Synonyms

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A thick blank of snow covered the entire town overnight.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “that which is white”) (whence Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin (compare Old English blanca (“white horse”); see more at blank). Furthermore, the sense "white woollen cloth" is likely a calque of Old English hwītel (“blanket; cloak, mantle”), from Old English hwīt (“white”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare also Old Norse hvítill (“a white bed-cover, sheet”), Norwegian kvitel (“blanket”). Compare also blunket, plunket. Displaced native Middle English whytel, from Old E...