venison

UK/ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən/US/ˈvɛ.nɪ.sən/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,016 of 15,258leans spoken

Venison is the meat of a deer. Roast venison, a venison stew, hang the venison.

It is very lean, which means it dries out if cooked like beef and is usually served pink or stewed slowly. In Britain much of it comes from culling, since deer have no predators left and the herds would otherwise strip the woodland.

Definitions of venison

1nounvenisonThe meat of a deer.B2+
“For Christmas dinner, we had roast venison with red cabbage and a rich berry sauce.”

venison is a meat.

Where it comes from

Latin venatio means hunting, from venari, to hunt. The word once covered the meat of any hunted animal.

Latin
vēnātiō — hunt; meat from a hunt
Anglo-Norman
veneisun
Middle English
venisoun
English, today
venison

Built from

venesun · Old French — meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt
vēnor · Latin — to hunt

From Middle English venisoun, venesoun, from Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun (“meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt”), from Latin vēnātiō (“hunt; meat from a hunt”), formed on vēnātus, perfect participle of vēnor (“to hunt”). a doublet of venatio and venation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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venison in the wild

Carpaccio is a dish of meat or fish (such as beef, veal, venison, salmon or tuna), thinly sliced or pounded thin, and served raw, typically as an appetiser.
Carpaccio
A spiedie consists of cubes of chicken, pork, lamb, veal, venison, beef, or tofu.
Spiedie
As of 2006, New Zealand was the largest supplier of farm-raised venison with approximately 3,500 intensive deer farms and an estimated stock of 1.7 million deer.
Deer farm
Modern versions are simpler but savoury combinations of rabbit, venison, pigeon, pheasant, and other commercially available game.
Game pie
Thus he had something to eat and drink: venison without salt or pepper, and good cool water from the spring.
Four Arthurian Romances· Chrétien de Troyes

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