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jus.

The juices given off as meat is cooked.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒuː(s)/UK/ʒu(s)/US
  1. The juices given off as meat is cooked.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from this.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice and ukha.

adv
  1. Abbreviation of just.

    Internet · abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
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