gauze
English Thesaurus
1. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network, |
| definition | : | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cheesecloth, |
| definition | : | a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gossamer, |
| definition | : | a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture (noun.artifact) |
2. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cotton, |
| definition | : | fabric woven from cotton fibers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | petrolatum gauze, |
| definition | : | gauze saturated with petrolatum (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | bandage, patch, |
| definition | : | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | surgical dressing, |
| definition | : | a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
3. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, |
| definition | : | so thin as to transmit light (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, |
| definition | : | so thin as to transmit light (adj.all) |
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