GAUZE

Pronunciation (US):

• GAUZE (noun)
  The noun GAUZE has 2 senses:

1. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
2. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

  Familiarity information: GAUZE used as a noun is rare.

• GAUZE (noun)

Meaning:

(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gauze; gauze bandage

Hypernyms ("gauze" is a kind of...):

cotton; cotton cloth (fabric woven from cotton fibers)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gauze"):

petrolatum gauze (gauze saturated with petrolatum)

Holonyms ("gauze" is a part of...):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

surgical dressing (a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery)

Meaning:

A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

netting; veiling; gauze

Hypernyms ("gauze" is a kind of...):

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gauze"):

cheesecloth (a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses)

gossamer (a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture)