GAUZE

gauze, netting, veiling

(noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

gauze, gauze bandage

(noun) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gauze (countable and uncountable, plural gauzes)

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

Wire gauze, used as fence.

Mist or haze

Verb

gauze (third-person singular simple present gauzes, present participle gauzing, simple past and past participle gauzed)

To apply a dressing of gauze

(literary) To mist; to become gauze-like.

Source: Wiktionary


Gauze, n. Etym: [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]

Definition: A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze.

Gauze, a.

Definition: Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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