Associations to the word «Gauze»

Wiktionary

GAUZE, noun. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
GAUZE, noun. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
GAUZE, noun. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
GAUZE, noun. Wire gauze, used as fence.
GAUZE, noun. Mist or haze
GAUZE, verb. To apply a dressing of gauze
GAUZE, verb. To mist
GAUZE BANDAGE, noun. A bandage made out of gauze
GAUZE MAT, noun. A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly

Dictionary definition

GAUZE, noun. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings.
GAUZE, noun. A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats