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Synonyms for gravy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked. A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.

    A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.

Forms

Plural
gravies → windfalls, bonanzas, booms, godsends…

Example sentences

  • boom This country had a mining boom in the 19th century.
  • bonanza The bonanza has ended in Algeria.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gravyrising
boomsteady
bonanzafalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
boom1
5 letters
bunce1
7 letters
bonanza3, godsend2
8 letters
windfall2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bonanza3 = 3 syllables).

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profit
Español
ganancia
Català
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