gauze
gauze · gauzes
газ, марля
марля, газ, сетка
Gaze, Mull, Mullbinde
A thin fabric with a loose, open weaveA thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
US/ɡɑz/
» Wrap the gauze around the dressing.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
Gaze, Mull
газgaz, ма́рляmárlja
газhaz
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
(countable, uncountable)A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
Gaze, Mullbinde
ма́рляmárlja
марляmarlja
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
(countable, uncountable)A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
се́ткаsétka
(countable, uncountable)Mist or haze
Examples
1 sentencesWrap the gauze around the dressing.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 2
thin fabric with open weave:
cotton fabric used as surgical dressing:
Русский
By meaning 2
thin fabric with open weave:
woven metal or plastic mesh:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
thin fabric with open weave:
cotton fabric used as surgical dressing:
Origin
Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
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Forms
plural: gauzesSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave:nettingveiling
- (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings:gauze bandage
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable