English dictionary
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English noun: gravy | |||
| 1. | gravy (food) a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sauce | ||
| 2. | gravy (food) the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added | ||
| Synonyms | pan gravy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | juice | ||
| 3. | gravy (event) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | ||
| Samples | The demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line. | ||
| Synonyms | bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, manna from heaven, windfall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
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