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GRAVY BOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravy boat mean?
• GRAVY BOAT (noun)
The noun GRAVY BOAT has 1 sense:
1. a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Familiarity information: GRAVY BOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
boat; gravy boat; gravy holder; sauceboat
Hypernyms ("gravy boat" is a kind of...):
dish (a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravy boat"):
argyle; argyll (a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm)
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