noun
venison
VEN-ih-sun/ˈvenɪsn/
Meat from deer used as food.
The deer emblem identifies the fresh steaks as venison.
Etymology
Latin venatio named both hunting and the game obtained from it. Venison came to mean the flesh of large game animals, then narrowed in common use to deer meat.
In context
Li Xiaoling held her five or six pounds of venison, her feelings all mixed up. She hadn t had any meat in half a year and was starving for it.
More examples
- We use ground venison instead of beef in our chili.
- The butcher sells venison steaks.
- Simmer the venison until the meat is tender.
Similar words
- game
- Meat from hunted wild animals, not just deer.