ETYM French blanchet, Old Fren. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, from blanc white. Related to Blank.
1. A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor.
2. Anything that covers; SYN. mantle.
3. Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; SYN. cover.

1. To cover as if with a blanket; as of snow.
2. To form a blanket-like cover (over).

1. Covering all members of a group or class
2. Effective or applicable in all instances

Town in Texas (USA); zip code 76432.