'Gauze' definitions:
Definition of 'gauze'
From: WordNet
noun
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings [syn: gauze, gauze bandage]
noun
Definition of 'Gauze'
From: GCIDE
- Gauze \Gauze\ (g[add]z), n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. [1913 Webster]
- Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gauze'
From: GCIDE
- Gauze \Gauze\, a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gauze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Ace bandage,
- adhesive tape,
- application,
- band,
- Band-Aid,
- bandage,
- bandaging,
- binder,
- brace,
- cast,
- cataplasm,
- compress,
- cotton,
- court plaster,
- cravat,
- dressing,
- drisk,
- drizzling mist,
- elastic bandage,
- epithem,
- film,
- fog,
- four-tailed bandage,
- frost smoke,
- haze,
- lint,
- London fog,
- London special,
- mist,
- pea soup,
- pea-soup fog,
- peasouper,
- plaster,
- plaster cast,
- pledget,
- poultice,
- roller,
- roller bandage,
- rubber bandage,
- sling,
- smog,
- splint,
- sponge,
- stupe,
- tampon,
- tape,
- tent,
- tourniquet,
- triangular bandage,
- vapor