gravy
/ˈɡɹeɪvi/ noun B1- A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy. · A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
- A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce. · There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.
- Sauce used for pasta.
- Curry sauce.
- Unearned gain; extra benefit. · The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.
Plural gravies
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The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat,
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