GAUZE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | goz
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| Matching Terms: | | gauze bandage, Gauziness, gauzy
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- [n] (medical) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
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| | Synonyms: | | gauze bandage, netting, veiling |
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| | See Also: | | bandage, cheesecloth, cotton, cotton cloth, gossamer, mesh, net, petrolatum gauze, surgical dressing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gauze\, n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first
introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;
also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze;
cotton gauze.
{Gauze dresser}, one employed in stiffening gauze.
\Gauze\, a.
Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino
underclothing.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are dressed in gauze means uncertainty in wealth. |
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| | Related Terms: | | Ace bandage, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, Band-Aid, binder, brace, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing, drisk, drizzling mist, elastic bandage, epithem, film, fog, four-tailed bandage, frost smoke, haze, lint, London fog, London special, mist, pea soup, pea-soup fog, peasouper, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, smog, splint, sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage, vapor |
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