blanketing
Meanings
noun
- Cloth for making blankets.
- A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
- The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
- A maneuver in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
- 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
- present participle and gerund of blanket
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
By surface analysis, blanket + -ing.
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