1. A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
   "The bride's face was partially obscured by delicate gauze";
   - netting, veiling
    
2. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
   "The nurse applied a gauze bandage to the wound";
   - gauze bandage

Sounds like: gauges, gaauze, g

Derived forms: gauzes

Type of: cotton, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network

Part of: bandage, patch, surgical dressing

Encyclopedia: Gauze