Associations to the word «Gravy»

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

GRAVY, noun. (UK) (Canada) A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.

GRAVY, noun. (Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce

GRAVY, noun. (countable) A type of gravy.

GRAVY, noun. (uncountable) (Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.

GRAVY, noun. (uncountable) (India) (Singapore) Curry sauce.

GRAVY, noun. (uncountable) Unearned gain.

GRAVY, noun. (uncountable) Extra benefit.

GRAVY BOAT, noun. Dish used to serve gravy

GRAVY BOATS, noun. Plural of gravy boat

GRAVY TRAIN, noun. (idiomatic) An occupation or any lucrative endeavor that generates considerable income whilst requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

GRAVY TRAIN, noun. (idiomatic) (politics) A gorging on luxuries, since someone else foots the bill.

GRAVY TRAINS, noun. Plural of gravy train

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

GRAVY, noun. The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added.

GRAVY, noun. 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".