gauze: Meaning and Definition of

gauze

Pronunciation: (gôz), [key]
— n.
  1. any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
  2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.
  3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.
  4. a thin haze.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also: