Gravy

Quick meaning: Gravy is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, chiefly Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
2. (uncountable, India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
3. (uncountable, informal) Unearned gain; extra benefit.
4. To make gravy.

Example Sentences

Return flaked fish to curry gravy and bring to the boil.

The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.

This is strained with a piece of cloth or a strainer and the green liquid forms the gravy of the curry.

With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.

Word Forms

• gravies
• gravying
• gravied

Synonyms for gravy

Depending on context, synonyms include windfall, godsend, bunce.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include windfall, godsend, bunce, broth, dough, sausage.

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