gauze

American  

[gawz] / gɔz /

noun

1. any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or open weave.

2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.

3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.

4. a thin haze.

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gauze British  

/ ɡɔːz /

noun

1. 1. a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave

   2. ( as modifier )

      a gauze veil

2. a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material

3. any thin openwork material, such as wire

4. a fine mist or haze

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Other Word Forms

• gauzelike adjective

Etymology

Origin of gauze

First recorded in 1555–65; from French gaze; ultimate origin unknown

Example Sentences

The fog coalesced around the summits, with sunset’s final rays transforming them into a gracefully undulating landscape of golden gauze.

From Los Angeles Times

The girl lifted her hands and revealed tiny bandages of gauze tied about three of her fingers.

From Literature

Her upper body rotates over the chair back and she gently pulls up one of her transparent gauze sleeves as if preparing for a pleasant conversation with us, her audience.

From The Wall Street Journal

He described it as a bioethanol fireplace that does not need a chimney flue, where liquid is poured on to a cotton gauze to create a "candle effect".

From BBC

They veiled the stage in gauze on “Copy of A,” casting dozens of Reznor shadows while he strutted and howled about a despondent, depersonalized modernity.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• dressing
• plaster