[ UK /ɡˈɔːz/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɔz/ ]
NOUN
  1. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
  2. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
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How To Use gauze In A Sentence

  • The scorched surface should be covered with this liniment and then with a layer of borated gauze or absorbent cotton, to protect from the air. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • The skin wound was dressed with gauze, and sterile plaster wool was applied.
  • I wrapped his toes in gauze torn from my underdress, and tucked one foot under my arm and held the other in my left hand, and gave him heat. Wildfire
  • = In gauze weaving all the warp threads are not parallel to each other, but are made to intertwist more or less among themselves, thereby favoring the production of light, open fabrics, in which many ornamental lace-like combinations can be obtained. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
  • Dry the wound by patting it with clean pieces of gauze and apply a plaster large enough to cover the surrounding area. Times, Sunday Times
  • The gauze mask helped protect her burned face until she could receive treatment in hospital.
  • Excessively muted in tone and atmosphere, they seem remote now, as if filtered through gauze.
  • I have created a lot of beautiful windows with cotton bubble gauze.
  • Hypertonic saline gauze is impregnated with dry sodium chloride.
  • Gauze constitution was worse with the baft fabric because of copious interstitial strands of threads, which interfere with mesh openings.
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