Gauze

Quick meaning: Gauze is a noun meaning A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

Meaning

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

More Meanings

1. (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
2. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
3. Ellipsis of wire gauze
4. Mist or haze
5. (transitive) To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze.
6. (ambitransitive, literary) To mist; to make or become gauze-like.

Example Sentences

I gauzed the deep cuts and gashes.

It had come to be six o’clock; midges gauzed the air.

The wide plain gauzed into a sea on which the hut floated lonely.

The lid [of the feeder] has a circular gauzed area that allows the syrup to permeate slowly.

Word Forms

• gauzes
• gause
• gauzing
• gauzed

Synonyms for gauze

Depending on context, synonyms include veiling, netting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include veiling, netting, yarn, cheesecloth, bandaging, bandage.

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