Definition of "garum" [‖Ga•rum]

• A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome. (noun)

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• "Nowadays everyone eats it, every day, on everything -- or at least they eat something they call garum, whether it's worthy of the name or not."
• "The famous pickle of the ancients, called garum, was made of the gills and blood of the tunny, or thynnus."
• "Asian Fish Pastes and Sauces Asian fermented fish pastes and sauces are vital manifestations of a preparation that has mostly disappeared in Europe but was once well known as garum or liquamen, the fish sauce of Rome see box, p."