Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 43 compound words that contain gras. The most common are listed below. Open gras in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- mardi grasAlternative letter-case form of Mardi Gras.
- foie grasThe fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
- pâté de foie grasA pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.
- Lundi GrasA relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during Mardi Gras.
- faux grasA vegetarian alternative to foie gras, made with walnuts, mushrooms, etc.
- de grasPurified wool fat (lanolin).
- Mardi Gras IndianOne of the black carnival revellers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. They are divided into tribes.
- Mardi Gras Indiansplural of Mardi Gras Indian: One of the black carnival revellers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. They are divided into tribes.
- foies grasplural of foie gras: The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
- pâtés de foie grasplural of pâté de foie gras: A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.
Compound words 43
- graspingGreedy, eager for wealth.
- grassesplural of grass: Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- graspedsimple past and past participle of grasp
- grasshoppersplural of grasshopper: A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
- grassedCovered with grass; having a surface on which grass is growing.
- GrasmereA village next to a lake of the same name in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3307).
- GingrasA surname from French.
- grasserA grass; an informer.
- GrasmickA surname from German.
- GrassetA surname from French.