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SECURITY BLANKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("security blanket" is a kind of...):
blanket; cover (bedding that keeps a person warm in bed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("security blanket" is a kind of...):
thing (an entity that is not named specifically)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
