Noun gauze has 2 senses
  1. gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
    --1 is a kind of cotton, cotton cloth
    --1 is a part of bandage, patch; surgical dressing
    --1 has particulars: petrolatum gauze
  2. gauze, netting, veiling - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
    --2 is a kind of net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
    --2 has particulars: cheesecloth; gossamer
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