fillet [fil -it; usually ley for 1, 10 ]
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See more synonyms for fillet on Thesaurus.com Cookery a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting. a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband. any narrow strip, as wood or metal. a strip of any material used for binding. Bookbinding a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back. a rolling tool for impressing such lines. Architecture Also called list . a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas. a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes. Anatomy lemniscus .a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun. Metallurgy a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern. Show More
Cookery to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet. to cut fillets from. to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet. Machinery to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet. Show More
Also
filet (for defs 1, 10) .
Origin of fillet 1300–50; Middle English filet <
Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent to
fil thread +
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Related Words for fillet fish ,
slice ,
meat ,
ridge ,
garland ,
molding ,
wreath ,
crown ,
band ,
tape ,
ribbon ,
strip ,
chaplet ,
snood ,
headband ,
bandeau ,
listel Examples from the Web for fillet Contemporary Examples of fillet Historical Examples of fillet If the leafwork on the helm were tossed up backward, it would hide the fillet .
We'll have peas with the fillet , and potato balls and Brussels sprouts.
Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.
I would at any time prefer a slice off the fillet of a buffalo to any pheasant.
He remained all day on the sea-shore, his head only held on to his body by a fillet .
British Dictionary definitions for fillet Also called: fillet steak a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef the boned side of a fish the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken a narrow strip of any material a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column Also called: fillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief Also called: listel , list the top member of a cornice anatomy a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus Technical name: lemniscus a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book a wheel tool used to impress such lines another name for fairing 1 Show More
verb -lets , -leting or -leted (tr) to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet to cut fillets from (meat or fish) anatomy to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet Show More
Also (for senses 1–3): filet
Word Origin for fillet C14: from Old French filet , from fil thread, from Latin fīlum
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Word Origin and History for fillet n. early 14c., "headband," from Old French filet (12c.) "thread, filament; strip, ligament," diminutive of fil "thread" (see file (v.)). Sense of "cut of meat or fish" is from late 14c., apparently so called because it was prepared by being tied up with a string. As a verb, from c.1600, "to bind with a narrow band;" meaning "to cut in fillets" is from 1846. Related: Filleted ; filleting .
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A loop of cord or tape used for making traction on a part of the fetus. A loop-shaped band of fibers, especially the lemniscus. Show More
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