gravy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gravy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gravy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravy n a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added Synonym(s): gravy, pan gravy 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" Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gravy \Gra"vy\, n.; pl. {Gravies}. [OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See {Greaves}.] 1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up. 2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.