Gauze vs. Cheesecloth

Gauzenoun

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

Gauzenoun

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

Gauzenoun

A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

Gauzenoun

Wire gauze, used as fence.

Gauzenoun

Mist or haze

Gauzeverb

To apply a dressing of gauze

Gauzeverb

To mist

Gauzenoun

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

Gauzeadjective

Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

Gauzenoun

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

Gauzenoun

a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

Gauze

Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave. In technical terms is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn keeping the weft firmly in place.

Cheeseclothnoun

A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.

Cheesecloth

A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.

Cheeseclothnoun

a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses

Cheesecloth

Cheesecloth is a loose-woven gauze-like carded cotton cloth used primarily in cheese making and cooking.