Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The roe of a large fish, especially sturgeon, that is salted, seasoned, and eaten as a delicacy or relish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preparation for the table of the roe of certain large fish preserved by salting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
roe of thesturgeon or other large fish, considered adelicacy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Though the term caviar is now widely used to describe any sort of lightly salted loose fish eggs, for many centuries it referred only to loose sturgeon eggs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Though the term caviar is now widely used to describe any sort of lightly salted loose fish eggs, for many centuries it referred only to loose sturgeon eggs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The first recorded usage of the term "caviar," which derives from the Turkish word "khavyar," is attributed to Batu Kahn, Ghenghis Khan's grandson, in a written description of a meal he ate in 1240 at a monastery north of Moscow.
The Great California Caviar Rush Stinson Carter 2011
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The Beluga caviar is apparently flown in from Iran five days ahead of her treatments at a beauty salon in South Kensington.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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I added some masago (capelin caviar) to the cream cheese.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) said that it was unable to set export quotas for the Caspian Sea basin, where 90 per cent of the world's caviar is produced, because it did not have enough information about the region's fish population and the illegal trade in the eggs.
You can have my truffles--when you pry them out of my cold, dead hand! 2006
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The worldwide trade in caviar was effectively suspended today when the UN said it could not approve export quotas for the expensive delicacy for the coming year.
You can have my truffles--when you pry them out of my cold, dead hand! 2006
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However, I will single out newcomer Yael for having spoken the quote of the night, Is she having a bath in caviar?
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2005
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CITES's approval also comes at a time when the US government, the world's leading importer of beluga caviar, is considering an outright ban.
Boing Boing: September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 Archives 2003
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Large number will still coward at the sound of fish eggs but will eat "caviar" - which also happens to be prepared without heat.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
kayballard commented on the word caviar
Originates from the Turkish khavyar, first appearing in English print in 1591.
January 2, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word caviar
means 'egg-holder' in persian: khaviyar (خاویار)
August 30, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word caviar
"Asked to collect caviar for a cocktail party, I was offered some at 3s 6d and some at 27s 6d a tin. I am told that the cheap variety is the spawn of a toad cultivated in Australia; the dearer one is, of course, sturgeon's eggs." - Raymond Bush, A Fruit Grower's Diary-74; The Countryman, (a British rural agriculture periodical), Autumn 1955, p.59.
November 6, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word caviar
"Caviar was regarded as a delicacy too refined to be appreciated by the vulgar taste; hence Shakspere's application of the word to a play which the vulgar could not relish."
--from the Century Dictionary
April 6, 2011