noun

venison

VEH-nih-zuhn

noun

The meat of a deer, or more broadly, meat from any wild game animal that was hunted rather than farmed.

"The restaurant served venison steak with a red wine sauce."

"They shot a deer and had venison in the freezer for months."

How to Use Venison

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishDeer meat, or by extension meat from other hunted wild game.

Common pairings

venison steak venison sausage venison stew

venisons plural

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From Anglo-Norman veneisoun ("meat of large hunted game"), from Latin vēnātiō ("hunting; meat from a hunt"), from vēnor ("to hunt").

deer meat deerflesh

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