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• Veal — is the meat of young cattle (calves), as opposed to meat from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. [1] Contents 1 Types 2 Culinary uses …   Wikipedia

• Veal — (v[=e]l), n.[OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See {Wether}, and cf. {Vellum}, {Vituline}.] The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• veal — [vi:l] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: veel, from Latin vitellus small calf , from vitulus calf ] the meat of a ↑calf (=a young cow) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• veal — late 14c., from Anglo Fr. vel, from O.Fr. veel a calf (Fr. veau), earlier vedel, from L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus calf, perhaps originally yearling, if related, as some think, to Skt. vatsah calf, lit. yearling; Goth. wiþrus, O.E. weðer (see …   Etymology dictionary

• veal — [vēl] n. [ME vel < OFr veel < L vitellus, little calf, dim. of vitulus, calf, orig. prob. yearling; akin to vetus, old: see VETERAN] 1. the flesh of a young calf, used as food 2. VEALER …   English World dictionary

• veal — ► NOUN ▪ the flesh of a calf, used as food. ORIGIN Old French veel, from Latin vitellus small calf …   English terms dictionary

• calf — [n1] leg between knee and ankle foreleg, shin; concept 392 calf [n2] baby cow dogie, freemartin, heifer, maverick, veal, yearling, young bull, young cow; concept 394 …   New thesaurus

• veal|er — «VEE luhr», noun. U.S. a milk fed calf usually under 14 weeks old …   Useful english dictionary

• calf — [ kæf ] (plural calves [ kævz ] ) noun count * 1. ) a young cow. Its meat is called veal. a ) a young animal such as a young elephant, WHALE, or GIRAFFE 2. ) the thick back part of your leg between your knee and your ANKLE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Calf — For the back of the leg, see Calf (anatomy). For other uses, see Calf (disambiguation). A calf in the New Forest, England Calves (   …   Wikipedia

• veal — /veel/, n. 1. Also, vealer /vee leuhr/. a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk fed animal less than three months old. 2. the flesh of the calf as used for food. [1350 1400; ME ve(e)l < AF vel (OF veel, veal) < L vitellus, dim. of vitulus… …   Universalium