veal
noun /viːl/
/viːl/
[uncountable]- meat from a calf (= a young cow)Topics Foodc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryVeal is used before these nouns:
- calf
- chop
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French ve(e)l, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus ‘calf’.