blanket
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
Types & categories
- bedclothes hypernym
- afghan hyponym
- electric blanket hyponym
- Mackinaw blanket hyponym
- manta hyponym
- security blanket hyponym
Related & opposite
- coverlet derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover as if with a blanket
snow blanketed the fields
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- blanket derivation
Sense 3 noun
anything that covers
there was a blanket of snow
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
form a blanket-like cover (over)
Types & categories
- spread over hypernym
Related & opposite
- blanket derivation
Sense 5 noun
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
Types & categories
- layer hypernym
Parts & wholes
- breeder reactor part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coverlet |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bedclothes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | afghan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electric blanket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mackinaw blanket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manta |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | security blanket |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blanket |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blanket |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mantle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mantle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blanket |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blanket |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread over |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | breeder reactor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | layer |