From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gravy
n 1: basically the juices that drip from cooking meats
2: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden
opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has
created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where
boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"
[syn: boom, bonanza, gold rush, godsend, {manna
from heaven}, windfall, bunce]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gravy \Gra"vy\, n.; pl. Gravies. [OE. greavie; prob. fr.
greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See
Greaves.]
1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in
cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.
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2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
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