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veal

 (vēl)
n.
1. The meat of a calf.
2. also veal·er (vē′lər) A calf raised to be slaughtered for food.

[Middle English veel, from Old French, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus, calf; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]
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veal

(viːl)
n
1. (Cookery) the flesh of the calf used as food
2. (Animals) Also called: veal calf a calf, esp one bred for eating
[C14: from Old French veel, from Latin vitellus a little calf, from vitulus calf]
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veal

(vil)

n.
1. the flesh of a calf as used for food.
2. Also, veal′er. a calf raised for its meat.
[1350–1400; Middle English ve(e)l < Anglo-French vel (Old French veel, veal) < Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus calf]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.veal - meat from a calfveal - meat from a calf      
calf - young of domestic cattle
meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
cut of veal - cut of meat from a calf
calves' feet - feet of calves used as food; usually jellied
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Translations
لـَحْمُ العَجْللَحْم العِجِل
telecí
kalvekød
vasikanlihavasikka
teletina
borjúhús
kálfakjöt
子牛の肉
송아지 고기
veršiena
teļa gaļa
teľacina
teletina
kalvköttkalv
เนื้อลูกวัว
thịt bê

veal

[viːl] Nternera f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

veal

[ˈviːl]
nveau m
modif [chops, steak, escalope] → de veauveal crate n box pour l'élevage des veaux de batterie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

veal

nKalbfleisch nt; veal cutletKalbsschnitzel nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

veal

[viːl] n(carne f di) vitello
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

veal

(viːl) noun
the flesh of a calf, used as food. We had veal for dinner.
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veal

لـَحْمُ العَجْل telecí kalvekød Kalbfleisch μοσχαρίσιο κρέας ternera vasikanliha veau teletina carne di vitello 子牛の肉 송아지 고기 kalfsvlees kalvekjøtt cielęcina vitela телятина kalvkött เนื้อลูกวัว dana eti thịt bê 小牛肉
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References in classic literature ?
Smallweed, compelling the attendance of the waitress with one hitch of his eyelash, instantly replies as follows: "Four veals and hams is three, and four potatoes is three and four, and one summer cabbage is three and six, and three marrows is four and six, and six breads is five, and three Cheshires is five and three, and four half-pints of half-and-half is six and three, and four small rums is eight and three, and three Pollys is eight and six.
Veal used to compliment Georgy upon it personally, warning him that he was destined for a high station; that it became him to prepare, by sedulity and docility in youth, for the lofty duties to which he would be called in mature age; that obedience in the child was the best preparation for command in the man; and that he therefore begged George would not bring toffee into the school and ruin the health of the Masters Bangles, who had everything they wanted at the elegant and abundant table of Mrs.
I do love veal and ham--I mean to say mouse and bacon "
The meat is made into balls about the size of billiard balls, and being well seasoned and spiced might be taken for turtle-balls or veal balls.
Again--this veal in savoury jelly is for Monsieur Rigaud.
Have some stuffed veal always, and a fine cheese in cut.
Take care of that veal and ham--mind the lobsters--take the salad out of the cloth--give me the dressing.' Such were the hurried orders which issued from the lips of Mr.
You've got the Basket with the Veal and Ham-Pie and things, and the bottles of Beer?' said Dot.
"A roaring, ranting, sleek man-thief, Who lived on mutton, veal, and beef, Yet never would afford relief To needy, sable sons of grief, Was big with heavenly union.
"If there be troutlets enough," said Don Quixote, "they will be the same thing as a trout; for it is all one to me whether I am given eight reals in small change or a piece of eight; moreover, it may be that these troutlets are like veal, which is better than beef, or kid, which is better than goat.
'By tasting it, to be sure,' said I, masticating a morsel that Kory-Kory had just put in my mouth, 'and excellently good it is, too, very much like veal.'
"And they fought for veal cutlets out of a silver basket."