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gravy
English
Etymology
From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), from Old French grave, apparently a misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). See also greaves.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?vi/
- Rhymes: -e?vi
Noun
gravy (usually uncountable, plural gravies)
- (countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
- (Britain, Canada) A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
- (Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce
- (Britain, Canada) A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
- (uncountable, Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
- (uncountable, India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
- 1879, The Sunday at Home, Volume 26, page 342:
- With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.
- 1906, Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, "Pa Senik and his Son-in-Law Awang", Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, page 59-60:
- Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up.
- 1992, Khamm?n Khonkhai, The Teachers of Mad Dog Swamp
- This is strained with a piece of cloth or a strainer and the green liquid forms the gravy of the curry.
- 2007, Geok Boi Lee, Classic Asian Noodles, Marshall Cavendish ?ISBN, page 158
- Return flaked fish to curry gravy and bring to the boil.
- 1879, The Sunday at Home, Volume 26, page 342:
- (uncountable, informal) Unearned gain.
- (uncountable, informal) Extra benefit.
- The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gravy.
Derived terms
- good gravy
- gravy boat
- gravy train
Descendants
- ? Welsh: grefi
Translations
See also
- sauce
- brown sauce
References
- gravy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Noun
gravy
- Alternative form of gravey
Spanish
Noun
gravy m (uncountable)
- gravy
gravy From the web:
- what gravy goes with ham
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baster
English
Etymology
baste +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?be?st?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?be?st?/
- Rhymes: -e?st?(?)
Noun
baster (plural basters)
- One who bastes.
- A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
- Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
Translations
Anagrams
- Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Middle French
Verb
baster
- to put a packsaddle on
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Descendants
- French: bâter
References
- “bâter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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