Sekirov Dictionary

gravy

/ˈɡɹeɪvi/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
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A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
- A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
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(Southern-US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.
- There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.
Sauce used for pasta.
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(India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
- With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person. — 1879
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(informal) Unearned gain; extra benefit.
- The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.

verb1

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To make gravy.
- I mean simply this — that the process of canning and preserving or of gravying and saucing frequently removes the most vitally essential acids and salts […] — 1907

forms

gravied · gravying · gravies

Phrases with gravy

gravy train
An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

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