gravy

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Etymology

From Middle English greavie; probably from greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow, from Old French. See greaves.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Noun

gravy (usually uncountable; plural gravies)

1. (uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
2. (countable) A type of gravy.
3. (uncountable) Unearned gain.
4. (uncountable) Extra benefit.

   The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.

Derived terms

• good gravy
• gravy boat
• gravy train

Translations

sauce

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: مَرَق (ar) (máraq) m., مَرَقة (ar) (máraqa) f., صَلْصَة (ar) (SálSa) f. Armenian: թանձրուկ (t'andzruk) Basque: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 肉汁 (cmn) (ròuzhī) Czech: šťáva z masa (cs) f. Dutch: jus (nl) m., saus (nl) f. Esperanto: viandosaŭco (eo) Estonian: lihakaste (et) Finnish: kastike (fi) French: sauce au jus f. Georgian: საწებელი (sats‘ebeli) German: Soße (de) f. Greek: ζωμός (el) m. Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: húslé (hu), szaft (hu) Irish: súlach (ga) m.

Italian: sugo (it) m., salsa (it) Japanese: グレービー (ja) (gurēbī) Korean: 그레이비 (ko) (geureipi) Latin: ius (la) n., sucus (la) m. Latvian: vira (lv) f. Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: saus (no) m. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: مرق (fa), یخنی (fa) Polish: sos z pieczeni m. Portuguese: molho (pt) m. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: подливка (ru) (podlívka) f., соус (ru) (sóus) m. Scottish Gaelic: sùgh (gd) m. Spanish: salsa (es) f. Swedish: sås (sv) c. Turkish: etsuyu Welsh: saws (cy) m.

unexpected good fortune

Estonian: hõlptulu (et)

Finnish: onnenpotku (fi)

See also

• sauce

References

• gravy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913