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Definition of gauze
1a : a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperiesb : a loosely woven cotton surgical dressingc : a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments
2 : haze
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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
Recent Examples of gauze from the Web
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The office contained a reclining chair, drills and parts, picks, an air compressor, gauze, drugs, mold-making equipment and other items, police said.
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On a recent weekday morning, Anchorage artist Sheila Wyne and writer Bruce Farnsworth pushed box after box into an area with four wood walls and a gauze roof.
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This resulted in an industrial-grade case of poison ivy severe enough to require the widespread use of gauze, scare small children, and prompt a Code Red at the World Leprosy Organization.
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Wiping a piece of gauze over the area can remove the barb too.
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Things like gauze and energy bars are mailed, but radios and gas masks are sent on charter planes or smuggled across the border.
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Instead, gauze bandage, which needs regular changing - often painfully - is the norm.
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The fish skin has high levels of collagen type 1, stays moist longer than gauze, and does not need to be changed frequently.
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By the time of the outbreak, many employees had quit to pursue other jobs, forcing the hospital to cope with a scarcity of workers and even shortages of basic materials such as gauze and certain medicines.
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Origin and Etymology of gauze
Middle French gaze
GAUZE Defined for English Language Learners
gauze
playDefinition of gauze for English Language Learners
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: a very thin cloth : cloth so thin that you can see through it
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: loosely woven cotton that is used as a bandage
GAUZE Defined for Kids
gauze
playDefinition of gauze for Students
1 : a thin fabric that allows light to pass through it
2 : loosely woven cotton used as a bandage
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