gauze

Pronunciation: /ɡɔːz/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

gauze bandage

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
cotton
Narrower (hyponyms)
petrolatum gauze

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