GRAVY
Scrabble letter values: G2R1A1V4Y4 = 12
Definition
- noun a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats.
- noun the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats. — synonyms: pan_gravy
- noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money). — synonyms: boom, bonanza, gold_rush, godsend, manna_from_heaven, windfall, bunce
Examples
- “often a little water is added”
- “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
- “The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.”