Gauze

English

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Etymology

From French gaze, either from Arabic قَزّ (qazz), “‘silk’”) or from غَزّة (ġazza), “‘Gaza’”), a city associated with silk production.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gôz, IPA: /gɔːz/, SAMPA: /gO:z/
• Rhymes: -ɔːz
• Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

Singular Gauze

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Gauze ({{{1}}})

1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
2. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
3. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
4. Wire gauze, used as fence.
5. Mist or haze

Translations

thin fabric with open weave

Arabic: شاش ar(ar) (shaash) m. Bosnian: gaza bs(bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 紗布 cmn(cmn), 纱布 cmn(cmn) (shābù) Finnish: lintuniisikangas fi(fi) German: Gaze de(de) f. Italian: tessuto it(it) m.

Japanese: ガーゼ ja(ja) (gāze) Russian: газ ru(ru) m., марля ru(ru) (márlja) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: газа f. Roman: gaza f. Spanish: gasa es(es) f.

cotton fabric used as surgical dressing

Arabic: شاش ar(ar) (shaash) m. Bosnian: vata bs(bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 紗布 cmn(cmn), 纱布 cmn(cmn) (shābù) Czech: gáza cs(cs) f. Finnish: sideharso fi(fi) German: Gaze de(de) f.

Italian: garza it(it) f. Japanese: ガーゼ ja(ja) (gāze) Norwegian: gasbind no(no) n. Russian: марля ru(ru) (márlja) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: вата f. Roman: vata f.

woven metal or plastic mesh

Dutch: gaas nl(nl) n.

Finnish: kudottu fi(fi) metalliverkko fi(fi), metallikangas fi(fi)

wire gauze used as fence

Finnish: aitaverkko fi(fi)

Spanish: tela es(es) f. metálica

Verb

Infinitive to Gauze

Third person singular gauz

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Gauze (third-person singular simple present gauz, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. To apply a dressing of gauze
2. To mist

See also

• wire netting

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