noun

venison

venison

The restaurant serves delicious venison stew.

The restaurant serves delicious venison stew.

He enjoys hunting for venison in the fall.

He enjoys hunting for venison in the autumn.

((uncountable noun)) meat from a deer The restaurant serves venison.

Synonyms: game meat, deer meat

From Old French 'venaison' (meat of large game), from Latin 'venatio' (a hunt).

Think of the 'ven' part as related to 'venari' (to hunt) in Latin. Venison is hunted meat.

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