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gauze

Pronunciation: /gɔːz/

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Definition of gauze

noun

[mass noun]

1a thin transparent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton: a hat swathed in green gauze [count noun]:colourful gauzes
Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressings and swabs: ulcers were bandaged with antiseptic gauze
[in singular] a transparent haze or film:they saw the grasslands through a gauze of golden dust