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Look up: Blanket

  1. Blanket
    The thick rubber mat on a printing press that transfers ink from the plate to paper.
    Found on http://www.printusa.com/glos.htm

  2. Blanket
    A blanket is an extensive covering. Often a warm bed covering.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Blanket
    Blanket is a town in Brown County Texas, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. blanket
    [n] - anything that covers 2. [n] - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor 3. [n] - bedding that keeps a person warm in bed 4. [v] - form a blanket-like cover (over) 5. [v] - cover as if with a blanket
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. blanket
    Thick rubber sheet that transfers ink from plate to paper on the press.
    Found on http://www.bishops-printers.co.uk/printi

  6. Blanket
    Rubber-coated pad, mounted on a cylinder of an offset press, that receives the inked image from the plate and transfers it to the surface to be printed.
    Found on http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishin

  7. Blanket
    A sheet made from rubber or rexine that is clamped around a blanket or impression cylinder on an offset press, it receives the image from the plate and transfers it to the paper.
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.

  8. blanket
    a rubber sheet in an offset press that receives the inked impression from the plate and transfers it to the surface being printed. Category: Printing and publishing • a region of fertile material placed around or within the core of a reactor for the purpose of conversion Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • a region of fertile material plac...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Blanket
    Thick rubber sheet that transfers ink from plate to paper on an offset press.
    Found on http://www.blackcatprinters.co.uk/glossa

  10. Blanket
    Blan'ket noun [ French blanchet , Old French 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. See Blank , adjective ] 1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed c ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/62

  11. Blanket
    Blan'ket transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blanketed ; present participle & verbal noun Blanketing .] 1. To cover with a blanket. « I'll . . . blanket my loins. Shak. » 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. « We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/62

  12. blanket
    <physics> A region surrounding a fusion reactor core within which the fusion neutrons (if any) are slowed down, heat is transferred to a primary coolant, and tritium is bred from lithium (if tritium is used as fuel). ... In hybrid applications, fertile materials (u-238 or Th-232) are located in the blanket for conversion into fissile fuels. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. blanket
    noun bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; `he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. blanket
    noun anything that covers; `there was a blanket of snow`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. blanket
    verb cover as if with a blanket; `snow blanketed the fields`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. blanket
    verb form a blanket-like cover (over)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Blanket
    A `blanket` is a type of bedding, generally speaking a large piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while sleeping. Blankets are distinguished from sheets by their thickness and purpose; the thickest sheet is still thinner than the lightest blanket, because blankets are for warmth, while sheets are for hygiene, comfort and aesthetics. Blankets are subdivided into many types, including quilts, duvets, and comforters, depending ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket

  18. Blanket
    • (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. • (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. • (a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales. • (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic. • (v. t.) To cover with a blanket...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. blanket
    (from the article `floral decoration`) ...material used is short-stemmed, wire is used to add length. The ends of the stems or wire extensions are frequently thrust into a block of moss or ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/76

  20. blanket
    1. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
    2. anything that covers
    3. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

    Found on

  21. blanket
    region of fertile material placed around or within the core of a nuclear reactor for the purpose of conversion NOTE - By extension, the term 'blanket' may be used when the purpose is transformation of non-fertile material.
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  22. Blanket
    Thick rubber sheet that transfers ink from plate to paper on an offset press.
    Found on http://www.e-printing.co.uk/glossary.htm

  23. blanket
    blanket, sheet, usually of heavy woolen, or partly woolen, cloth, for use as a shawl, bed covering, or horse covering. The blanketmaking of primitive people is one of the finest remaining examples of early domestic artwork. The blankets of Mysore, India, were famous for their fine, soft texture. The...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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