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venison

/ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən/US/ˈvɛ.nɪ.sən/

venison noun: the meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat.

venison: the meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat
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Noun

venison (countable and uncountable, plural venisons)

  1. The meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat.
    • After shooting a deer, field dressing is the next step necessary for high quality venison.
  2. (South Africa) The meat of an antelope.
    • 2007, Gregory Simon Bull, Marketing fresh venison in the Eastern Cape Province using a niche marketing strategy (thesis), page xcix
  3. (obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically.

venison meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Sanskrit and Tagalog

venison in Urdu

شکاری گوشت

venison in Kannada

ಜಿಂಕೆಯ ಬಾಡು

venison in Sanskrit

venison
जाङ्गल jāṅgala
venison; flesh of deer
हारिण hāriṇa

venison in Tagalog

the meat of a deer
karning-usa
More languagesFewer languages
venison in Arabic
لَحْم الْأَيِّل laḥm al-ʔayyil
venison in Malay
daging rusa
venison in Indonesian
daging rusa
venison in Thai
เนื้อกวาง gwaang
venison in Vietnamese
thịt nai

Examples of venison in a sentence

  • An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
  • They are feasting on turkey and venison.
  • Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer.

All 15 example sentences with venison

Synonyms of venison

Forms of venison

pluralvenisons

Origin of venison

From Middle English venisoun, venesoun, from Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun (“meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt”), from Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem (“hunt; meat from a hunt”), formed on vēnātus, perfect participle of vēnor (“to hunt”). Doublet of venatio and venation.

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Questions about venison

What does venison mean?
Venison means the meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat.
What is venison in Urdu?
Venison in Urdu is شکاری گوشت. See Venison meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is venison?
Venison is a noun.
How do you pronounce venison?
Venison is pronounced /ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən/ (UK).
What is the plural of venison?
The plural of venison is venisons.

Words near venison in the dictionary

  1. venireperson
  2. venirepersons
  3. venires
  4. venirewoman
  5. venirewomen
  6. venison
  7. venisonburger
  8. venisonburgers
  9. venisonlike
  10. venisons
  11. venistasis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: venison (page history and authors); venison (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venison (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जाङ्गल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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