Gauze Definition

gôz
noun
A thin, transparent fabric with a loose open weave, used for curtains and clothing.
American Heritage
Any very thin, light, transparent, loosely woven material, as of cotton or silk.
Webster's New World
Any similar but stiff material, as of thin wire.
Webster's New World
A thin mist.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

To apply a dressing of gauze.

Wiktionary

To mist.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Gauze

Noun

Singular:
gauze
Plural:
gauzes

Origin of Gauze

  • From French gaze, either from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”), from Persian کز (kaz, “silk”), from Middle Persian kaz (“silk”); or from غَزّة (ġazza, “Gaza”), a city associated with silk production.

    From Wiktionary

  • French gaze ultimately (perhaps via Spanish gasa) from Arabic qazz raw silk of Middle Persian origin Persian kaž bent, crooked, low-quality silk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gauze Sentence Examples

  • On the removal of any plug, this wire gauze prevented the sand from flowing with the water into the well; but while the finer particles of sand remained in the neighbourhood of the orifice, the flow of water through the contracted area was very small.

  • Ully and Kris carefully wrapped one of his arms in gauze.

  • Observed through this the structure of some wire gauze just disappeared at a distance from the eye equal to 17 in., the gauze containing 46 meshes to the inch.

  • The ends of the char-kadd cover the shoulders, but the gauze pirahan is quite transparent.

  • Don't use gauze or a plaster which can stick to the burn.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAU

Words Ending With

EZEUZE

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gauze

Words Starting With G and Ending With E

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