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veal roast

veal roast

1 3.7
A piece of young cow meat cooked in an oven
  • noun
  • /viːl roʊst/
translation icon : asado de ternera
  • The chef prepared a perfectly seasoned veal roast with vegetables.

Examples

  • For the holiday meal, she served a tender veal roast that impressed all the guests.

  • Sonny brought back potatoes, onions, sausages, and a veal roast the size of his head.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • On Wednesday, at lunch, his cooking would overtake the veal roast aroma of the next-door neighbor.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • He learned to cook a veal roast for his family's special dinner.

Synonyms

veal
vsveal roast
71 2.9

Meat from a young calf used for food

is a particular cut of that meat selected for roasting rather than the whole meat
rump roast
vsveal roast
  • US
3 3.6

A cut of beef from the back of a cow used for roasting or slow cooking

is limited to cuts from young calf meat rather than beef or mixed sources
roast veal
vsveal roast
1 2.6

Meat from a young cow that is cooked in an oven

is the same meaning but uses a different word order
breast of veal
vsveal roast
1 5.5

A cut of meat from the front chest of a young cow often stuffed and roasted

is a general cut suitable for roasting rather than a specific chest piece
veau
vsveal roast
1 9.9

Meat from a young calf used in cooking, often in French dishes

is a roast-ready cut rather than a culinary name for the meat
cut of veal
vsveal roast
4.4

A piece of meat from a young calf for eating

is a cut chosen specifically for roasting rather than any cooking method

How Large

veal roast
1 3.7
loin
16 4.3
cutlet
12 3.6

Surface Forms

veal roast singular
veal roasts plural

Morphology

veal + roast

The meaning 'a roast made from veal' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'veal' (meat from a young calf) with 'roast' (a large cut of meat cooked by roasting). This noun-noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistically common culinary pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

The noun veal roast describes a piece of veal, the meat of a 'young calf', that is cooked in the oven as a roast. So it means a cut of veal made for 'roasting'.