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gauze.

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɔːz//ɡɑz/Canada
  1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of wire gauze

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  5. Mist or haze

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).

verb/ɡɔːz//ɡɑz/Canada
  1. To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze.

    transitive
  2. To mist; to make or become gauze-like.

    ambitransitive · literary
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).

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