Meaning of Gravy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
   countable, uncountable, usually
2. A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
   countable, uncountable, usually
3. A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.
   Southern-US, countable, uncountable, usually
4. Sauce used for pasta.
   uncountable, usually
5. Curry sauce.
   India, Singapore, uncountable, usually
6. Unearned gain; extra benefit.
   informal, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.”

“There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.”

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

“Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up.”

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

“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.”

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