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Blanket

/ˈblæŋkɪt/
A large piece of soft material used to cover and keep warm, typically on a bed

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Examples:

There were some blankets, cloths and animals' skins in the room.She pushed off the pillows, and opened the sheet and blanket.Anonymity is our shield and our safety blanket.

Etymology:

etymology
The word blanket originates from the 14th-century Middle English, derived from the Anglo-French blanco, meaning white, which is rooted in the Latin blancus. The term evolved to represent the bed cover usually woven from wool as they commonly retained a natural, undyed color.

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