GAUZE
What does "GAUZE" mean?
A thin, loosely woven fabric used chiefly for dressing wounds.
Meanings
- A light, open-weave cloth used as a surgical or wound dressing. The nurse pressed a square of gauze over the cut and taped it down.
- Any thin, transparent or filmy material, such as a fine mesh or haze. A gauze of mist hung over the river at dawn. figurative
- A fine wire mesh. Wire gauze sat between the flame and the beaker. technical
Did you know?
- Humphry Davy's 1815 miners' lamp worked because wire gauze conducts heat away so fast that a flame inside it cannot ignite the explosive gas outside.
Word origin
From French 'gaze', possibly from 'Gaza', the Levantine city long associated with fine textiles, though the link is disputed.
Remember it
GAUZE has a 'U' and a 'Z' you'd never guess by ear - picture the zigzag of its open weave hiding in the spelling.
A little poem
Loose threads laid on skin-
the wound breathes through the white mesh
while it learns to close.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the bandage how it stayed so calm under pressure. It said it just keeps things loosely woven.
What it teaches
Healing needs covering that still lets things breathe; seal a wound too tightly and you trap what should escape.
Quick facts
What does GAUZE mean?
A thin, loosely woven fabric used chiefly for dressing wounds.
Is GAUZE a valid word?
Yes — GAUZE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GAUZE?
GAUZE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GAUZE come from?
From French 'gaze', possibly from 'Gaza', the Levantine city long associated with fine textiles, though the link is disputed.
What can GAUZE teach us?
Healing needs covering that still lets things breathe; seal a wound too tightly and you trap what should escape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.