cut of veal
- noun
- /kʌt əv viːl/
:
pieza de ternera
- The chef recommended a tender cut of veal.
Examples
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Oven-roasting is a popular method for cooking many cuts of veal.
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The chef prepared a delicious cut of veal with a rich mushroom sauce.
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For tonight's dinner, we chose a tender cut of veal from the butcher.
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I ordered a cut of veal for dinner.
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For dinner, I ordered a delicious cut of veal served with seasonal vegetables.
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The chef recommended a succulent cut of veal braised in red wine for the special menu.
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At the butcher shop, I chose a prime cut of veal for our holiday feast.
Synonyms
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1.8
A thick piece of meat with a bone from the rib or loin
46
2.1
A piece of meat sliced from an animal for cooking
12
3.6
A small thin slice of meat often covered in breadcrumbs and fried
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2.7
A piece of meat taken from a certain part of an animal
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5.5
A cut of meat from the front chest of a young cow often stuffed and roasted
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9.9
A thin, bony cut of meat from an animal's neck used for slow cooking
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2.6
Meat from a young cow that is cooked in an oven
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3.7
A piece of young cow meat cooked in an oven
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Morphology
The noun 'cut' meaning a portion of meat combined with 'veal' (meat from a young calf) and the linking preposition 'of' yields the literal sense 'a portion of veal.' This compositional, culinary naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Cut of veal comes from the butcher's world: a cut is a piece taken from the animal and veal is the meat of a young calf. So cut of veal means 'a certain piece of calf meat' used for cooking.