gauze

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

Definition categories: man–made, cotton

2. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

Similar word(s): netting, veiling

Definition categories: man–made, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network

verb

1. To apply a dressing of gauze

2. To mist