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Word: Gravy
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a spicy sauce): perhaps from a misreading (as gravé) of Old French grané, probably from grain ‘spice’, from Latin granum ‘grain’
ˈɡreɪvi
a sauce made by mixing the fat and juices exuded by meat during cooking with stock and other ingredients
Short Definition:sauce made from these juices together with stock
Examples:- sit down and enjoy a roast, Yorkshire pudding, and vegetables, all served with a healthy helping of gravy
something pleasing, especially money or success, that is unearned or unexpected
Short Definition:unearned or unexpected money
Examples:- their current position is simply gravy for a team that has high potential and is not fielding its best roster
- I was not supposed to be back at all so this is all gravy for me
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