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A blanket is a large piece of soft cloth. [1]

27 relations: Bedding, Belted plaid, Blanket fort, Bristol, Comfort object, Comforter, Cotton, Duvet, Electric blanket, Faribault Woolen Mill Company, Fire blanket, Horse blanket, Hudson's Bay point blanket, J. E. Ashworth & Sons, Kingdom of England, Melton (cloth), Nap (textile), Photo blanket, Picnic, Quilt, Sleep, Sleeping bag, Sleeved blanket, Space blanket, Textile, Wool, Wool measurement.

Bedding

Bedding, also known as bedclothes or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative effect.

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Belted plaid

The belted plaid (or a plaid worn belted) is a large blanket-like piece of fabric which is wrapped around the body with the material pleated or, more accurately, loosely gathered and secured at the waist by means of a belt.

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Blanket fort

A blanket fort is a construction commonly made using blankets, bed sheets, pillows, and sofa cushions.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Comfort object

A comfort object, transitional object, or security blanket is an item used to provide psychological comfort, especially in unusual or unique situations, or at bedtime for children.

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Comforter

A comforter (in American English), also known as a doona in Australian English, a cloonie in parts of Canada, or a continental quilt (or simply quilt) or duvet in British English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled with insulative materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and other down alternative fibers.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Duvet

A duvet is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, silk or a synthetic alternative, and typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case.

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Electric blanket

An electric blanket is a blanket containing integrated electrical heating wires.

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Faribault Woolen Mill Company

The Faribault Woolen Mill Company is a textile manufacturing company in Faribault, Minnesota, United States, that produces and sells wool blankets and other woolen products.

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Fire blanket

A fire blanket is a safety device designed to extinguish incipient (starting) fires.

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Horse blanket

A horse blanket or rug is a blanket or animal coat intended for keeping a horse or other equine warm or otherwise protected from wind or other elements.

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Hudson's Bay point blanket

A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America (now Canada) and the United States during the 1700s and 1800s.

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J. E. Ashworth & Sons

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre; Danish: Kongeriget England; German: Königreich England) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Melton (cloth)

Melton cloth is traditionally made of wool and is woven in a twill form.

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Nap (textile)

Primarily, nap is the raised (fuzzy) surface on certain kinds of cloth, such as velvet or moleskin.

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Photo blanket

A photo blanket is a large, rectangular piece of fabric displaying images, pictures, or designs, often with bound edges, used as a blanket or decorative object.

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Picnic

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (''al fresco'') as part of an excursion – ideally in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theatre performance, and usually in summer.

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Quilt

A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together.

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Sleep

Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings.

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Sleeping bag

A sleeping bag is an insulated covering for a person, essentially a lightweight quilt that can be closed with a zipper or similar means to form a tube, which functions as lightweight, portable bedding in situations where a person is sleeping outdoors (e.g. when camping, hiking, hill walking or climbing).

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Sleeved blanket

A sleeved blanket is a body-length blanket with sleeves usually made of fleece or nylon material.

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Space blanket

A space blanket (depending on the function, also known as a Mylar blanket, emergency blanket, first aid blanket, safety blanket, thermal blanket, weather blanket, heat sheet, or commonly referred to as shock blankets) is an especially low-weight, low-bulk blanket made of heat-reflective thin plastic sheeting.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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Wool measurement

A micron (micrometre) is the measurement used to express the diameter of wool fibre.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket

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