Roe
noun
The eggs of fish, especially when used as food.
She prepared sushi with fresh salmon roe.
Often appears as...
- salmon roe
- fish roe
noun
A female deer, especially an adult one.
A roe has been spotted grazing in the garden.
Often appears as...
- roe deer
- roe buck
noun
The eggs of fish, especially when used as food.
She prepared sushi with fresh salmon roe.
Often appears as...
- salmon roe
- fish roe
noun
A female deer, especially an adult one.
A roe has been spotted grazing in the garden.
Often appears as...
- roe deer
- roe buck
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Often used in a culinary context when discussing gourmet food or specific dishes like sushi.
The chef garnished the dish with a sprinkle of roe.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Confusion
Do not confuse 'roe' with 'row'. Roe refers to fish eggs, while row means an argument or line.
She misunderstood 'roe' for 'row' and thought there was a fight!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Delicacy
In some cultures, roe is considered a delicacy and may carry positive connotations of taste and luxury.
At the banquet, they served the finest caviar and roe.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Often used in a culinary context when discussing gourmet food or specific dishes like sushi.
The chef garnished the dish with a sprinkle of roe.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Confusion
Do not confuse 'roe' with 'row'. Roe refers to fish eggs, while row means an argument or line.
She misunderstood 'roe' for 'row' and thought there was a fight!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Delicacy
In some cultures, roe is considered a delicacy and may carry positive connotations of taste and luxury.
At the banquet, they served the finest caviar and roe.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Often used in a culinary context when discussing gourmet food or specific dishes like sushi.
The chef garnished the dish with a sprinkle of roe.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Confusion
Do not confuse 'roe' with 'row'. Roe refers to fish eggs, while row means an argument or line.
She misunderstood 'roe' for 'row' and thought there was a fight!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Delicacy
In some cultures, roe is considered a delicacy and may carry positive connotations of taste and luxury.
At the banquet, they served the finest caviar and roe.
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Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
There is a lot of collagen in it. It's really good for skin apparently. And then when the tide gets low in the full moon period they go and gather seashells etcetera. They even find these little guys here. Urchins. They collect a lot of urchins . And eat the roe inside. I love these kind of stories, of this kind of destination
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This is How a Lynx Kills...
Wow so this is the kill exactly where we were told it would be it's a young female roe deer and the flesh it's still quite movable hasn't frozen solid so
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
There is a lot of collagen in it. It's really good for skin apparently. And then when the tide gets low in the full moon period they go and gather seashells etcetera. They even find these little guys here. Urchins. They collect a lot of urchins . And eat the roe inside. I love these kind of stories, of this kind of destination
Video examples
This is How a Lynx Kills...
Wow so this is the kill exactly where we were told it would be it's a young female roe deer and the flesh it's still quite movable hasn't frozen solid so
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
For creamy sea urchin pasta recipes, the typical process is to saute garlic, shallots, and chilies in olive oil, then add the pasta and pour in a sauce made from raw sea urchin roe blended with softened butter or heavy cream.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe, floating in the sea that wet-nursed us all, moved me deeply.
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Mercedes Schlapp
American Public Servant
Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on abortion.
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Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
Walk into any Japanese fish market, and you'll see neat rows of sea urchin roe sold in little wooden trays.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
For creamy sea urchin pasta recipes, the typical process is to saute garlic, shallots, and chilies in olive oil, then add the pasta and pour in a sauce made from raw sea urchin roe blended with softened butter or heavy cream.
Quote examples
Diane Ackerman
American Poet
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe, floating in the sea that wet-nursed us all, moved me deeply.
Quote examples
Mercedes Schlapp
American Public Servant
Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on abortion.
Quote examples
Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
Walk into any Japanese fish market, and you'll see neat rows of sea urchin roe sold in little wooden trays.
Example 1 of 5
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