Gauze - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɡɔːz|  American pronunciation of the word gauze
Brit.  |ɡɔːz|  British pronunciation of the word gauze

noun

- (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
- a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (syn: netting, veiling)

Extra examples

He wrapped the wound in gauze.

...wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers...

His hands were wrapped in gauze bandages.

They covered the tubes with wire gauze.

Use a piece of gauze to cleanse the cut.

The nurse packed gauze in the wound

Word forms

noun
singular: gauze
plural: gauzes
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