Veal Meaning
/viːl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
nounThe female genitalia.
Sentence Examples
Do you eat veal?
"And for monsieur?" "A veal stew!"
Tomorrow we will buy turkey and veal.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant serves tender ____ from young calves, cooked in a light cream sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the meat of a young calf, and it is used in many traditional and delicious European dishes today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf."
— 1811, George B. Worgan, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall, Great Britain: Board of Agriculture, page 144:
"It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body."
— 1852, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Desert Home:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant serves tender ____ from young calves, cooked in a light cream sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the meat of a young calf, and it is used in many traditional and delicious European dishes today.