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venison

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ven·i·son  (vn-sn, -zn)
n.
1. The flesh of a deer used as food.
2. Archaic The flesh of a game animal used as food.

[Middle English veneson, from Old French, from Latin vnti, vntin-, hunting, from vntus, past participle of vnr, to hunt; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]

venison [ˈvɛnzən ˈvɛnɪzən -sən]
n
1. (Cookery) the flesh of a deer, used as food
2. (Cookery) Archaic the flesh of any game animal used for food
[from Old French venaison, from Latin vēnātiō hunting, from vēnārī to hunt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.venison - meat from a deer used as foodvenison - meat from a deer used as food        
game - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
Translations
venison [ˈvenɪzn] Ncarne f de venado

venison [ˈvɛnɪsən]
nchevreuil m
modif [casserole, steak] → de chevreuil

venison
nReh(fleisch) nt

venison [ˈvɛnɪsn] ncarne f di cervo

venison
n venison [ˈvenisn]
the flesh of deer, used as food We had roast venison for dinner; (also adjective ) venison stew. wildsvleis لَحْم الظَّبي еленово месо zvěřina; srnčí dyrekød; dyrekøds- das Wildbrett, Wildbrett-... κρέας ελαφιού carne de venado hirveliha گوشت آهو hirvenliha (de) gibier בְּשָר צְבִי हिरन का मांस divljač, srnetina szarvashús daging rusa hjartarkjöt carne di cervo; di carne di cervo 鹿の肉 사슴 고기 elniena brieža gaļa daging rusa hertevlees dyrekjøtt; vilt-/dyre- dziczyzna carne de veado carne de căpri­­oară оленина zverina; srnčí divjačina srnetina hjort-, rådjurs-, älgkött เนื้อกวาง geyik eti 鹿肉 оленина ہرن کا گوشت thịt thú rừng săn được 鹿

venison لحم غزال zvěřina dyrekød Rehfleisch κρέας ελαφιού venado hirvenliha chevreuil srnetina carne di cervo 鹿肉 사슴 고기 hertenvlees vilt sarnina carne de cervo, carne de veado оленина rådjurskött เนื้อกวาง geyik eti thịt hươu 鹿肉


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It tasted something as I should conceive a royal cutlet from the thigh of Louis le Gros might have tasted, supposing him to have been killed the first day after the venison season, and that particular venison season contemporary with an unusually fine vintage of the vineyards of Champagne.
There’s old Hector”— patting with affection a tall hound of black and yellow spots, with white belly and legs, that just then came in on the scent, accompanied by the slut he had mentioned; “see where the wolves bit his throat, the night I druv them from the venison that was smoking on the chimney top—that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand that gives him bread,”
Mr friend Mr Bounderby could never see any difference between leaving the Coketown 'hands' exactly as they were, and requiring them to be fed with turtle soup and venison out of gold spoons.
 
 
 
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