gravy
(noun)
noun
1. a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
Definition categories: food, sauce
2. the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
Definition categories: food, juice
3. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Similar word(s): bonanza, boom, godsend, windfall
Definition categories: event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
Sentences with gravy as a noun:
- A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
- There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.
- The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.