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Plural of gravy

regular plural

The plural of gravy is gravies.

Forms of gravy

Singulargravy /ˈɡɹeɪvi/
Pluralgravies /ˈɡɹeɪviz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Gravies in a sentence

  • Cut out all bread, cakes, pies, gravies in which there is flour, spaghetti, breaded foods, etc.1971, J. I. Rodale, The Prevention Method for Better Health, page 168. From the entry wheatless
  • A spoonful of marmite added to soups and gravies after they are cooked improves their flavour.1939, Annual Report on the Health and Medical Services of the State of Queensland for the Year 1938-39, Brisbane, Qld.: […] Thomas Gilbert…. From the entry marmite
  • Assistants were grating cheese, making gravies, tossing lettuces.1989, Paul Zindel, Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman, page 29. From the entry subchef
  • If flour ran short we can be certain it was saved for gravies, dumplings, cakes and gingerbread, and pie crust, and most particularly for meat pie.1960, Harriette Simpson Arnow, Seedtime on the Cumberland, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →LCCN, page 418. From the entry meat pie

Meaning of gravy

  1. noun A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
  2. noun A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.
  3. noun Sauce used for pasta.

Full definition of gravy

Questions about the plural of gravy

What is the plural of gravy?
The plural of gravy is gravies.
Is gravy countable?
Gravy is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gravy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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