blanket
English
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
- A layer of anything.
- A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
- A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blanket.
Origin
Middle English
blanket
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blanketflower English
- blanketless English
- blanketlessness English
- blanketlike English
- blanketly English
- blanketweed English
- blankie English
- flower English
- overblanket English
- underblanket English
- weed English
- länketti Finnish
- ブランケット Japanese
- blanket Middle English
- blanchet Old French
- blanced Welsh
- blanketi Swahili
- *blank Frankish
- būļan̄kōj Marshallese
- blanket Tok Pisin
- bulanggi Gamilaraay