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[ fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10 ] / ˈfɪl ɪt; usually fɪˈleɪ for 1, 10 / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fillet ON THESAURUS.COM
nounCooking. - 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)Cooking. - 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. Also filet (for defs. 1, 10). Origin of fillet1300–50; Middle English filet<Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent to fil thread + -et-et Words nearby filletfilled milk, filled to the brim, filler, filler cap, filler metal, fillet, filleting, fillet weld, fill-in, filling, filling defect Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for filletShe said that "the most expensive piece of meat in a local butcher [in France] is a fillet of horse meat." Princess Anne Says We Should Eat Horses!|Tom Sykes|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was got up in Bedou style; his hair, fluffy and long, was tied back by a fillet and stuck out in a bush behind. Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent But well cooked, it is very nice as roasted loin, fillet, or fried cutlets. Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book|Eliza Leslie On their feet they wore high-laced sandals; their hair was bound with a fillet. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce
Score the skin of the pork in circles to go all round the fillet. Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book|Eliza Leslie For this dish a piece of the fillet about three inches thick will be required, and weighing from two to three pounds. Nelson's Home Comforts|Mary Hooper
British Dictionary definitions for fillet
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 filletC14: from Old French filet, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to filletfish, slice, meat, ridge, garland, molding, wreath, crown, band, tape, ribbon, strip, chaplet, snood, headband, bandeau, listel Medical definitions for fillet
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. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |