| inglese > italiano | |
| blanket | |
| 1. sost. coperta | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| blanket | |
| 1. subst. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. |  |
| The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him. |  |
| 2. subst. A layer of anything. |  |
| The city woke under a thick blanket of fog. |  |
| 3. subst. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed. |  |
| A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate. |  |
| 4. subst. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. |  |
| 5. adj. General; covering or encompassing everything. |  |
| They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations. |  |
| a blanket ban |  |
| 6. v. To cover with, or as if with, a blanket. |  |
| A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area. |  |
| 7. v. To traverse or complete thoroughly. |  |
| The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood. |  |
| 8. v. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. |  |
| 9. v. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| coperta | |
| 1. subst. blanket |  |
| 2. subst. rug |  |
| 3. subst. deck (of a ship) |  |