how to pronounce gravy

/ˈɡɹɛɪviː/

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the above transcription of gravy is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

gravy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gravy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… even with the brown gravy on top it …”

meaning of gravy

Gravy is a sauce made from the juices that collect on the bottom of a roasting pan.

gravy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word gravy occurs in english on average 9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gravy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gravy can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;