gravies

Noun

gravy (usually uncountable, plural gravies)

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
   • A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
2. (Southern US, countable, uncountable, usually) 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.
3. (usually, chiefly Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
4. (India, Singapore, usually) Curry sauce.
   • With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.1879, The Sunday at Home, volume 26, page 342
5. (informal, usually) Unearned gain; extra benefit.
   • The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.

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