gravy
/ˈɡɹeɪvi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.48 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To make gravy.
Example Sentences
- "A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy."
- "There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy."
- "With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person."
- "Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up."
- "This is strained with a piece of cloth or a strainer and the green liquid forms the gravy of the curry."
- "Return flaked fish to curry gravy and bring to the boil."
Etymology
From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). Sense of "pasta sauce" apparently seems to be from Italian dialect, especially Calabrian, differentiating tomato puree (salsa (“sauce”)) from cooked tomato sauce (sugo).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: gravey
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹeɪvi/
- British English: /ˈɡɹeɪvi/