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gravy

/ˈɡɹeɪvi/noun2 syllables

Gravy means: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).

Synonyms for gravy8

noun, as in a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

boom, bonanza, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce

noun, as in the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added

pan gravy

What does gravy mean?3

noun

1

a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)“the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”

2

the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added

3

a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with gravy?3

two syllables

navywavydavy
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Gravy in a sentence

  • I don't eat meat, shellfish, poultry or gravy.piksea
  • When making gravy, be careful with your coriander.canonrebel
  • Do you prefer chicken lollipops with or without gravy?sabretou
  • We ate some Swedish meatballs with gravy, potatoes, and lingonberry jam.Hybrid
  • I don't like gravy with my dinner. Gravy tastes like nasty chemicals to me.Eccles17
  • I'm sure that you know that I love biscuits and gravy.CK
  • It probably comes as no surprise that I like biscuits and gravy.CK
  • Would you like some more gravy?CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of gravy

as a noun

plural
gravies