gravy

nouns

a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
is a type of (narrower)
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
"the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"