gauze

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French gaze, either from Arabic قَزّ (qazz), “‘silk’”) or from غَزّة (ġazza), “‘Gaza’”), a city associated with silk production.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: gôz, IPA: /gɔːz/, SAMPA: /gO:z/
• Rhymes: -ɔːz
• Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)

[edit] Noun

gauze (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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to 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

[edit] See also

• wire netting