caviar
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈkæv.i.ɑːr/
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caviar
- The restaurant is famous for its exquisite caviar sourced directly from the Caspian Sea.
- sturgeon caviar
- caviar and roe
- caviar and smoked salmon
We're going to eat our very fancy caviar with Franken buttermilk bread.
- We're going to eat our very fancy caviar with Franken buttermilk bread.
- He is the Joker to my Batman and the caviar to my vodka.
- Oh, society says you need to be on this cruise ship, you know, eating caviar and lobster and drinking and dancing.
- I want the same breakfast that my mom gave me, hot tea, sourdough bread, butter and caviar.
- I get you made something amazing with your truffle salt and your, you know, your caviar and your uni.
- Yeah, Which is the fish sauce you needed the fish parts and the caviar that look like boba, but it's not actually boba.
- He ordered these like truffle caviar fries and some meatballs.
- You're the shrimp spoon or whatever, or the caviar spoon.
- People want the glitz and the glamour and the caviar, but they're not willing to eat this.
- You need to leave this world and start like only eating caviar.
- So, you know, money didn't bring me over to caviar.
Examples
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People want the glitz and the glamour and the caviar, but they're not willing to eat this.
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You didn't like that red caviar, did you?
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If you measure it in dollars, you can buy caviar and you know, live on caviar.
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Mom said that if there was any caviar left over, I could have it.
Fiction book (2000) -
Do you have any caviar?
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In five minutes, I'll be eating caviar.
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"Is it weird that I'm eating caviar in the middle of the night?"
Fiction book (2000) -
The kid takes white bread out of the fridge and smears caviar over a piece.
Fiction book (2000) -
At about this time, Rosina took to having great dollops of Russian caviar every night with her dinner.
Academic text (1996) -
The new owners, offering immaculate service, caviar, and fresh croissants, were inching their way toward a profit.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
3
8.9
A luxury food made of fish eggs from the beluga sturgeon
1
9.5
Salted fish eggs from large fish served as a luxury food
A local special food of fish eggs from Yorkshire served at celebrations
Idioms
- Informal
Something very good that most people do not appreciate or understand
Compounds
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word caviar comes from the Turkish havyar, which came from Persian words meaning 'fish eggs'. Think of tiny salty 'eggs' like pearls, so caviar today means the special, salted fish eggs also called 'roe'.