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Caviar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The roe of a large fish, especially sturgeon, that is salted, seasoned, and eaten as a delicacy or relish.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A preparation for the table of the roe of certain large fish preserved by salting.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

caviare

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hard roe roe

Cross Reference

malosol

Hyponym

beluga caviar

Form

cowboy caviar

Same Context

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