venison

[ ven-uh-suhn, -zuhn ]

noun

1. the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.

venison

/ -sən; ˈvɛnɪzən /

noun

1. the flesh of a deer, used as food
2. archaic.
   the flesh of any game animal used for food

Word History and Origins

Origin of venison¹

1250–1300; Middle English ven ( a ) ison < Old French veneison, venaison < Latin vēnātiōn (stem of vēnātiō hunting), equivalent to vēnāt ( us ) ( venatic ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of venison¹

C13: from Old French venaison, from Latin vēnātiō hunting, from vēnārī to hunt

Example Sentences

Energy density is your grandmother’s diet, and it still worksThe food is venison.

From Washington Post

If you want venison, but you’re just not a hunter, you don’t have a lot of options because selling wild venison is nearly always illegal.

From Washington Post

Larger dinos, on the other hand, likely had large muscles that were constantly moving and needed a lot of oxygen, so they might’ve more closely resembled beef or venison.

From Popular-Science

Today, deer eat a similar diet, so some dinosaurs could’ve tasted like venison.

From Popular-Science

During hunting season, he stocks up on game such as venison and elk to eat throughout the year.

From Outside Online

We had a vast vegetable garden, fruit trees, a henhouse, and my father would hunt most of our meat: venison, elk, bear.

From The Daily Beast

Dinner, at 8pm, normally consists of venison or salmon and salad.

From The Daily Beast

I should hope the city's homeless  people will be munching on some venison burgers for the foreseeable future.

From The Daily Beast

One friend orders venison stuffed with foie gras and covered with cherries, “but was too lazy to touch it.”

From The Daily Beast

This chair by British designer Thomas Heatherwick is now on view in his show at Haunch of Venison gallery in New York.

From The Daily Beast

According to her mistress, she was specially gifted in preparing venison.

From Project Gutenberg

He gave a look of annoyance on perceiving the young man; still, he bowed slightly to him as he placed the venison on the table.

From Project Gutenberg

She motioned for Patricia to remain where she was and in a few minutes brought water in a gourd, and some venison.

From Project Gutenberg

A good venison pasty, and very merry, and pleasant I made myself with my Lady, and she as much to me.

From Project Gutenberg

And the man-at-arms forced the counter-jest, "After so much rat-flesh I shall lose all taste for venison."

From Project Gutenberg