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 

• GRAVY BOAT (noun)

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)