veal

== English == === Alternative forms === veale, veel (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viːl/ Rhymes: -iːl === Noun === veal (countable and uncountable, plural veals) The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. Synonyms: (both archaic) calfflesh, calfmeat Hypernyms: beef, cowflesh, cowmeat, oxflesh (often construed as coordinate) < meat < food < substance, material, stuff Coordinate terms: lamb, mutton, pork, poultry, chicken (slang, vulgar) The female genitalia. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === veal (third-person singular simple present veals, present participle vealing, simple past and past participle vealed) To raise a calf for meat production. === Anagrams === Leva, Vale, Vela, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, vela == Estonian == === Noun === veal adessive singular of viga