Blanket (disambiguation)

A blanket is a large, usually rectangular piece of thick bedding material.

Blanket or blankets may also refer to:

Types of blanket

  • Afghan blanket, a coloured wool knitted or crocheted in geometric shapes
  • Blanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garment
  • Electric blanket, an electrically heated bedding material
  • Fire blanket, a device used to extinguish fires
  • Hoover blanket (slang), newspaper used as a blanket by an impoverished person
  • Saddle blanket, form of horse blanket used as a protective covering for beasts of burden
  • Security blanket, any familiar object whose presence provides comfort or security to its owner
  • Space blanket, a lightweight reflective material used to keep users warm

Business

  • Blanket loan, a type of loan used to fund the purchase of more than one piece of real property
  • Blanket order, a purchase order for multiple delivery dates, used when there is a recurring need for expendable goods

Art, entertainment, and media

  • Blanket, an album by Urban Species or the title tack
  • Blankets (comics), a graphic novel by Craig Thompson
    • Blankets, an accompaniment album to Thompson's novel by American indie rock band Tracker

Government and politics

  • Blanket primary, the voting system employed in the United States
  • Blanket protest, a Northern Irish prison protest held in the Maze prison by republican prisoners
  • Blanketeers, a nickname given to the operatives involved in a public protest in 1817 England

Places

Plants and animals

  • Blanket (grape), another name for the French wine grape Clairette blanche
  • Blanket octopus, a species of octopus found in Northern Australia
  • Gaillardia pulchella (also called: firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance), a short-lived annual plant native to the United States

Earth science

  • Blanket bog, a bog lying over much of the countryside, formed in cool and very wet climates
  • Ejecta blanket, in geology, a layer of ejected material that surrounds an impact crater

Other uses

  • "Blanket", nickname of Prince Michael Jackson II, Michael Jackson's third child
  • Blanket fort, a childhood construction of blankets, bed sheets, pillows, and sofa cushions
  • Blanket stitch, a sewing stitch, typically used to edge blankets
  • Blanketing, interference caused by strong radio signals
  • Markov blanket, a concept in machine learning
  • Pigs in a blanket, a culinary dish in the United Kingdom and United States
  • Smallpox blanket, an early biological warfare agent used against American Indians
  • Blanket statement, another word for Hasty generalization

See also

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