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caviar Definition

cavi·ar (kavē är′, käv-; kav′ē är)

noun

the salted eggs of sturgeon, salmon, etc. eaten as an appetizer

Etymology: Fr < It caviale < Turk khāvyār < Pers khāviyār < khāya, egg + -dār, bearing: orig., spawning fish, hence, roe

caviar Idioms

caviar to the general

a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste: Hamlet II, ii

caviar Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: Reading a Glyn Maxwell poem is like eating caviar; reading a Glyn Maxwell verse novel is like eating a bucket of caviar.
  • include: After a dinner that included caviar and assorted game and fish they drove around the estate in search of wildlife and saw a boar.
  • have: My companion had caviar with blinis & a shot of vodka, which was also delicious.
  • produce: The willow is then fed to a biomass boiler used to heat fish containing sturgeon, specially bred to produce caviar.
  • make: Part of the project involves fish farming to make caviar.

Adjective modifier

  • aubergine: I chose red mullet with couscous and butternut bavarois, and black bream with squid, aubergine caviar and linguine.
  • Russian: Unfortunately, the budget could not stretch to Russian caviar!
  • vegetarian: Overheard in Waitrose: " What do you think vegetarian caviar is?
  • illegal: However, governments in Western Europe have been slow to meet these requirements, making it difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal caviar.
  • red: Dean fished his favorite Icelandic red caviar and cream boilies with crushed boilies and hemp in a pva bag.
  • good: Today, the best caviar is obtained from the sturgeon fishes of the Caspian Sea.

Modifies a noun

  • trade: The annual retail value of the global caviar trade is likely to be as high as several hundred million euros.
  • sauce: The starter of prawns and scampi won points just for being served with caviar sauce.
  • factory: The entire scene - huts, walkways etc - is a mock-up caviar factory supposedly on the Caspian Sea.
  • sandwich: Neil buys me a caviar sandwich as a special treat and it's salty but surprisingly palatable.
  • dream: My man caviar dreams use to call me " eddie propane " so I took it and ran with it.

Noun used with modifier

  • salmon: Quality gourmet desserts, smoked salmon gift baskets, smoked salmon caviar, and smoked salmon cat treats!
  • egg: Take the first course, a Vongerichten special, which is described merely as ' egg caviar ' .

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