Gauze

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thin, transparent fabric with a loose open weave, used for curtains and clothing.
  • n. A thin, loosely woven surgical dressing, usually made of cotton.
  • n. A thin plastic or metal woven mesh.
  • n. A mist or haze.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
  • n. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
  • n. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
  • n. Wire gauze, used as fence.
  • n. Mist or haze
  • v. To apply a dressing of gauze
  • v. To mist
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze
  • adj. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff made of silk, silk and cotton, or silk and hemp or linen.
  • n. Any slight open material resembling this fabric: as, wire gauze.
  • Of or like gauze; gauzy.
  • n. In surgery, cheese-cloth, impregnated with antiseptic material (such as borie acid, corrosive sublimate, or iodoform), or simply sterilized, employed in dressing wounds.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
  • n. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thin    light   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Claus    Dawes    Pause    applause    because    cause    clause    claws    daws    draws   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    muslin    lace    brocade    bandage    chiffon    cotton    cloth    shawl    tulle    ribbon