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
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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Police applied a tourniquet and gauze to her wound to control the bleeding before she was taken to Hartford Hospital.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
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If Derek Jeter invented the strategy of preemptive blandness, a verbal jiu-jitsu move that cloaks every utterance in a gauze of impenetrable nothingness, Tom Brady has earned a Vantablack® belt in the discipline.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
Innovation emerges in fil coupé dresses, tubular alpaca gauzes adorned with sequins, and combed wools with dégradé laminations.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
If Derek Jeter invented the strategy of preemptive blandness, a verbal jiu-jitsu move that cloaks every utterance in a gauze of impenetrable nothingness, Tom Brady has earned a Vantablack® belt in the discipline.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Pictures show the top of his head wrapped in medical gauze — almost like a mummy — with pediatric heart monitor wires attached to his chest.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Gauze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gauze. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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gauze
noun1
: a thin often transparent fabric
2
: a loosely woven cotton surgical bandage
3
: a woven fabric of fine metal or plastic wires
gauzy
adjective
ˈgȯ-zē
Medical Definition
gauze
noun
: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing
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