What is the meaning of blanket?

noun

• Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed.
  • usage: "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
  • synonyms: cover
• Anything that covers.
  • usage: "there was a blanket of snow"
  • synonyms: mantle
• A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor.

verb

• Cover as if with a blanket.
  • usage: "snow blanketed the fields"
• Form a blanket-like cover (over. )

adjective

• Broad in scope or content.
  • usage: "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- T. G. Winner; "granted him wide powers"
  • synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide