fillet

[ fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10 ]

/ ˈfɪl ɪt; usually fɪˈleɪ for 1, 10 /

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

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.

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Also filet (for defs 1, 10).

Origin of fillet

1300–50; Middle English filet < Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent to fil thread + -et -et

Words nearby fillet

filled milk, filled to the brim, filler, filler cap, filler metal, fillet, fillet weld, filleting, filling, filling defect, filling station

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Example sentences from the Web for filleted

Barofsky recalls with evident glee that Warren “just filleted Geithner” at a June 2010 public TARP oversight hearing.
Elizabeth the Great: Warren’s Sweet Victory in Massachusetts|Daniel Gross|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Prepare like the fillets of plaice, with the exception that the sole should be skinned before it is filleted.
The Skilful Cook|Mary Harrison
Such corners have either to be filleted or "stooled" in stripping plate work, and neither method often is practicable.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898|Various
Cooked en casserole, or filleted, or grilled and stuffed with Carlsbad plums, it is delicious.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 8th, 1920|Various

Let's have filleted steak and a bottle of Bass for dinner to-night.
The Grand Babylon Hotel|Arnold Bennett
He is thinking the filleted sole very good indeed, and is lost to all other ideas.
Portia|Duchess

British Dictionary definitions for filleted

fillet

/ (ˈfɪlɪt) /

noun

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 thalamusTechnical 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

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

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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Medical definitions for filleted

fillet

[ fĭl′ĭt ]

n.

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.

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noun

verb -lets, -leting or -leted (tr)

Word Origin for fillet

Medical definitions for filleted

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