SECURITY BLANKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does security blanket mean? 

• SECURITY BLANKET (noun)
  The noun SECURITY BLANKET has 2 senses:

1. anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety

2. a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety

  Familiarity information: SECURITY BLANKET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECURITY BLANKET (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)