blanketing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cloth for making blankets.
  2. A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
  3. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
  4. A maneuver in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
  5. The provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of blanket

Pronunciation

En-au-blanketing.ogg

Word forms

blanketing blanketings

Etymology

By surface analysis, blanket + -ing.

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