veal

American  

[veel] / vil /

noun

1. Also vealer 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.

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veal British  

/ viːl /

noun

1. the flesh of the calf used as food

2. Also called: veal calf.  a calf, esp one bred for eating

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Etymology

Origin of veal

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ve(e)l, from Anglo-French vel (compare Old French veel, veal), from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus “calf”

Example Sentences

Beef and veal prices were up 15 percent year-on-year in January while ground beef prices, which hit a new high in December, have continued climbing.

From Barron's

Supply shortages helped drive beef and veal prices up by more than 16%.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Elizabeth writes of stepping into her gleaming kitchen to “test the crumbly brown goodness of the toasted veal cutlets à la Connecticut,” she is not so much lying as world-building.

From Salon

The price of beef and veal is up almost 25% in a year.

From BBC

Carmy brings Claire into our lives in Episode 2, “Pasta,” during a chance encounter at a bodega where he’s picking up ice cream to use as an ingredient in veal stock.

From Salon