Meaning

4 senses

  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, uncountable)A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

    се́ткаsétka

  4. (countable, uncountable)Mist or haze

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Wrap the gauze around the dressing.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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: gauzes
Singulargauze
Pluralgauzes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close 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 words
Relatedgauzy
Derivedgauzelessgauzelikegauze matgauzomawire gauze

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gaugegauntgauntletgaussgavelgawk

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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