What is the meaning of gravy?

noun

  • A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats.
  • The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added.
  • A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money. )
    • usage: "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
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