gauze
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
Types & categories
- cotton hypernym
- petrolatum gauze hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bandage part holonym
- surgical dressing part holonym
Related & opposite
- medicine domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
Types & categories
- meshwork hypernym
- cheesecloth hyponym
- gossamer hyponym
Related & opposite
- cobwebby derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bandage |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | surgical dressing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cotton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | petrolatum gauze |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cobwebby |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | meshwork |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheesecloth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gossamer |