gauze
/ɡɔːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“I can’t wrap up any dog’s foot now. There’s some gauze in the bathroom, go get it and do it yourself.”"
- "The lid [of the feeder] has a circular gauzed area that allows the syrup to permeate slowly."
- "I gauzed the deep cuts and gashes."
- "The wide plain gauzed into a sea on which the hut floated lonely."
- "It had come to be six o’clock; midges gauzed the air."
- "Then a film of chemical vapour seems to drift around the city, fudging every edge, gauzing every vista."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: قَزّ