1 [U] a light transparent fabric, usually made of cotton or silk
2 [U] a thin cotton fabric used for covering and protecting wounds:
a gauze dressing
3 [U,C] material made of a NETWORK of wire; a piece of this:
a wire gauze
gauzy adjective [usuallybeforenoun]:
a gauzy material
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