gauze

noun

1
a
: a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies
b
: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing
c
: a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments
2
: haze
gauzelike adjective
gauzily adverb

Examples of gauze in a Sentence

He wrapped the wound in gauze. wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers
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Similar to the gauze throw above, this one is also reversible. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025 The four-layer gauze construction—made with 100% Turkish Cotton—is fluffy without weighing down your bedscape. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025 In a brief video snippet accompanying the post, Cyrus is seen in close-up staring directly into the camera while wearing what looks like surgical gauze around her chin and head as more white material is blown by a breeze around her face. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025 In the scene, Kenia bumps her foot into a floor lamp, cracking her pedicure nail, and forcing a medic to rip the nail off and wrap the toe in gauze. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gauze

Word History

Etymology

Middle French gaze

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of gauze was in 1561

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“Gauze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gauze. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

gauze

noun
1
: a thin often transparent fabric
2
: a loosely woven cotton surgical bandage
3
: a woven fabric of fine metal or plastic wires
gauzy
ˈgȯ-zē
adjective

Medical Definition

gauze

noun
: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing

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