caviar
n. uncountablen. the salted eggs of a large fish, usually a sturgeon. It is a very expensive food that people often eat at fancy parties.
n. the processed, salted roe of various species of sturgeon. Often associated with luxury or high social status.
They served expensive caviar on small pieces of toast.
The waiter carefully placed a small spoonful of black caviar onto the guest's plate during the gala dinner.
While traditionally sourced from the Caspian Sea, modern environmental regulations have shifted much of the global caviar production to sustainable sturgeon farms in Europe and North America.
Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.
Uncountable when referring to the food as a mass; occasionally countable when referring to specific varieties or types.