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   gauze

   /ɡɔːz/

   noun

   • 1. a thin transparent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton: "a hat swathed in green gauze"
   • ▪ thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressings and swabs: "ulcers were bandaged with antiseptic gauze"
   • ▪ a transparent haze or film: "they saw the grasslands through a gauze of golden dust"
   • 2. a very fine wire mesh.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French gaze, perhaps from Gaza, the name of a town in Palestine.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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