caviar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: caviar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for caviar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caviar n salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre Synonym(s): caviar, caviare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caviare \Caviare"\, Caviar* \Cav"i*ar\, n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[c6][be]r.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. [bd]'T was caviare to the general,[b8] i. e., above the taste of the common people.