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   Gra·vy

   /ˈɡrāvē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sauce made from cooked meat juices together with stock and other ingredients: "sit down and enjoy a roast , Yorkshire pudding, and vegetables, all served with a healthy helping of gravy"
   • ▪ the fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking.
   • 2. something pleasing, especially money or success, that is unearned or unexpected: informal North American "their current position is simply gravy for a team that has high potential and is not fielding its best roster"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a spicy sauce): perhaps from a misreading (as gravé) of Old French grané, probably from grain ‘spice’, from Latin granum ‘grain’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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