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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gauze

/(ga̤z)/ · IPA /ɡɔːz/
01 n. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
  1. 1.
    A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Phrases & compounds
Gauze dresser — one employed in stiffening gauze.
02 a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
  1. 1.
    Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.