ˈblæŋkɪt ˈblæŋkɪt ˈblæŋkɪt bɹɔːd bɹɔd ˈkʌvɚ ˈkʌvə ɛksˈtɛn.sɪv ˈmæn.təl panˈɒptɪk waɪd broad in scope or content across-the-board pay increases an all-embracing definition blanket sanctions against human-rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality granted him wide powers cover as if with a blanket snow blanketed the fields form a blanket-like cover (over) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor anything that covers there was a blanket of snow