gauze (noun)

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• gauze — ► NOUN 1) a thin transparent fabric. 2) Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabbing wounds. 3) (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh. DERIVATIVES gauzy adjective. ORIGIN French gaze …   English terms dictionary

• gauze´like´ — gauze «gz», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a very thin, light cloth, easily seen through. Gauze is made of silk, linen, rayon, or cotton and is used as a fabric and often for bandages. 2. a thinly woven, open material resembling this fabric: »Wire gauze …   Useful english dictionary

• gauze bandage — noun (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings • Syn: ↑gauze • Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑cotton …   Useful english dictionary

• gauze-tree — gauzeˈ tree noun A West Indian tree, the lacebark • • • Main Entry: ↑gauze …   Useful english dictionary

• gauze mat — noun A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly …   Wiktionary

• gauze bandage — noun a bandage made out of gauze …   Wiktionary

• gauze — noun Gauze is used before these nouns: ↑bandage, ↑dressing, ↑pad …   Collocations dictionary

• gauze — [ gɔz ] noun uncount 1. ) white cotton cloth that is very thin and has been woven in a loose way, used in layers for protecting and treating an injury 2. ) thin white material with holes in that is used especially for making curtains ╾ gauz|y… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• gauze — noun (U) 1 very thin transparent material with very small holes in it, often used for curtains 2 also gauze bandage AmE thin cotton with very small holes in it that is used for tying around a wound gauzy adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gauze — noun Etymology: Middle French gaze Date: 1561 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wire gauze — noun : a gauzelike weave of fine wires : an especially fine wire cloth compare tantalum gauze * * * a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires. [1810 20] * * * wire gauze noun A kind of stiff close fabric made of fine wire • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary