Synonyms for caviar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-ee-ahr, kav-ee-ahr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv iˌɑr, ˌkæv iˈɑr

Définition of caviar

Origin : also caviare, 1550s, from French caviar (16c.), from Italian caviaro (modern caviale) or Turkish khaviar, from Persian khaviyar, from khaya "egg" (from Middle Persian khayak "egg," from Old Iranian *qvyaka-, diminutive of *avya-, from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" see egg (n.)) + dar "bearing."

noun fish eggs

Example sentences :

They're just bein' served with Oolong and caviar sandwiches.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

It would begin to look like a quick change from Caviar to Crackers.
Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade

I like your yacht better, and your chef and your alligator pears, and caviar.
Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey

On the caviar from this fish the youth lived thirty years, in the belly of that fish.
Extract from : « Georgian Folk Tales » by Unknown

Like caviar, the genre is digestible only by those who have acquired a taste for it.
Extract from : « A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies » by Archer Taylor

Mingle cream with the caviar, and none who eats will have cause to complain.
Extract from : « The Feasts of Autolycus » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

What of the almond—the almond mingled with caviar and cayenne?
Extract from : « The Feasts of Autolycus » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

This garden restaurant was also famous for its neat's tongues, salmon, and caviar.
Extract from : « The Hansa Towns » by Helen Zimmern

Place a slice of tomato on top and over this strips of caviar.
Extract from : « The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book » by Victor Hirtzler

She picked at her caviar and blini glumly and poked at her computer.
Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow

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