The over 100-year-old butcher shop offers cuts of lamb, pork, beef and veal alongside myriad sausages, plus a handful of bread products.—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2024 Buttery Peruvian sea bass over chanterelles and a veal reduction.—Monica Eng, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
Verb
Within that category, meats overall dropped 0.9% — with beef and veal down 2%, pork chops 1.1% cheaper and hot dogs falling 1.5%.—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022 April of last year, Ramirez introduced takeout, eschewing a tasting-menu model in favor of a la carte dishes like chicken soup with truffles and foie gras, and veal shank with fingerling potatoes.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2021 See all Example Sentences for veal
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English veel, borrowed from Anglo-French, "calf, veal," going back to Latin vitellus "small calf," diminutive of vitulus "calf"; akin to Greek hétalon "yearling," Old English wether "ram" — more at wether
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