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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Your mouth will be full of gauze or cotton balls and your eyes will be half-closed like last call at a sports bar. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 Nelson applied gauze from his first-aid kit to stop the bleeding. Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 One officer applied special gauze to stop the bleeding on the man’s shoulder, while another applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from the man’s leg, police said. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2025 Squeezed between the shimmering sea and Ain Dubai, the world’s largest Ferris wheel, the new outpost echoes the original Delano Miami Beach with the same floaty gauze curtains and apple-a-day amenity in the rooms. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 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 May. 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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