Dictionary

security blanket en · NOUN

Etymology

From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:literal) A blanket that provides one with a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety, typically during early childhood.
2. (figuratively) Any object that gives one a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety.
   • That rabbit’s foot is his security blanket.

Forms

Translations (6)

sv snuttefilt (any object used to produce a sense of security) · fi turvariepu (blanket used to produce a secure feeling) · fi turvariepu (any object used to produce a sense of security) · sv snuttefilt (blanket used to produce a secure feeling) · de Kuscheldecke (blanket used to produce a secure feeling) · th ผ้าเน่า (blanket used to produce a secure feeling)