gauze

Etymology

From French gaze, either from Arabic قَزّ‎ (qazz, “silk”), from Persian کز‎ (kaz, “silk”), from Middle Persian kaz (“silk”); or from غَزَّة‎ (ḡazza, “Gaza”), a city associated with silk production.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gôz, IPA^(key): /ɡɔːz/
• Rhymes: -ɔːz
• Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

gauze (countable and uncountable, plural gauzes)

1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
2. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
3. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
4. Wire gauze, used as fence.
5. Mist or haze

Verb

gauze (third-person singular simple present gauzes, present participle gauzing, simple past and past participle gauzed)

1. To apply a dressing of gauze
2. To mist

See also

• wire netting