gauze
n.
lightweight semitransparent fabric; bandage made of loosely woven cotton; material with a loose mesh-like weave
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gauze
Noun
1. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
(synonym) gauze bandage
(hypernym) cotton, cotton cloth
(hyponym) petrolatum gauze
(part-holonym) bandage, patch
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
2. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
(synonym) netting, veiling
(hypernym) net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
(hyponym) cheesecloth
Gauze
(n.)
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
(a.)
Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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