gauze
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gauze
- /ɡɔːz/
- /ɡɑz/ Canada
Sounds like gores (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔːz
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
noun gauzes · gause
- A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
- A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. “I can’t wrap up any dog’s foot now. There’s some gauze in the bathroom, go get it and do it yourself.”
- A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
- Ellipsis of wire gauze
- Mist or haze
verb gauzes · gauzing · gauzed · gause
- To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze. The lid [of the feeder] has a circular gauzed area that allows the syrup to permeate slowly.
- To mist; to make or become gauze-like. The wide plain gauzed into a sea on which the hut floated lonely.
Translations
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noun thin fabric with open weave
| Español | gasa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거즈 geojeu, 가제 gaje |
| 日本語 | ガーゼ gāze |
| 中文 | 紗布 /纱布 shābù |
| हिन्दी | गॉज़ gŏz |
| Português | gaze |
| Français | gaze |
| Deutsch | Gaze, Mull |
| Italiano | tessuto |
| Română | voal tifon |
| Русский | газ gaz, ма́рля márlja |
| العربية | شَاش šāš |
noun cotton fabric used as surgical dressing
| Español | gasa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ガーゼ gāze |
| 中文 | 紗布 /纱布 shābù |
| Português | gaze |
| Français | gaze |
| Deutsch | Gaze, Mullbinde |
| Italiano | garza |
| Русский | ма́рля márlja |
| العربية | شَاش šāš |
noun woven metal or plastic mesh
| Русский | се́тка sétka |
|---|
noun wire gauze used as fence
| Español | tela f metálica |
|---|
Talk about this word "gauze." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gauze. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gauze. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gauze "gauze." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gauze.Cite this
@misc{gauze_2026,
title = {gauze},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gauze},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
