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gravy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

gravy †dressing for white meats, etc. consisting of broth spiced XIV; fat and juices exuding from flesh during and after cooking XVI. ME. graue(y), perh. originating in a misreading of grane — OF. grané (in printed texts often gravé), prob. f. grain spice; see GRAIN1, -Y5.

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gravy

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

gra·vy / ˈgrāvē/ • n. (pl. -vies) 1. the fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking. ∎ a sauce made from these juices together with stock and other ingredients. 2. inf. unearned or unexpected money.

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gravy

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

gravy Sauce made from the juices and extractives which run out from meat during cooking, normally thickened.

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gravy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

gravy •navvy, savvy •ave, Garvey, Harvey, larvae, Mojave •bevvy, bevy, Chevy, heavy, levee, Levi, levy, top-heavy •envy •cavy, Davy, Devi, gravy, navy, slavey, venae cavae, wavy •bivvy, chivvy, civvy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, spivvy •Sylvie • ivy • grovy •groovy, movie •covey, lovey, lovey-dovey, luvvy •anchovy • Muscovy • Pahlavi •curvy, Nervi, nervy, scurvy, topsy-turvy

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