filet

[ fi-ley, fil-ey; French fee-le ]

noun, verb (used with object)plural fi·lets [fi-leyz, fil-az; French fee-le], /fɪˈleɪz, ˈfɪl æz; French fiˈlɛ/,

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How to use filet in a sentence

  • At the age of five, the child may be given breast of roast fowl, and occasionally veal cutlet or filet of beef.

    The Montessori Method | Maria Montessori
  • Champagne is not the wine to serve with game; that belongs to the filet.

    The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
  • Remove the papers, add butter, salt, pepper and plenty of lemon juice—say the juice of two lemons for a whole filet.

    Breakfasts and Teas | Paul Pierce
  • Stew the beef as before, and proceed as for filet de buf la Beyrout (No. 419).

  • Could you tap a bottle of Chablis, with a few dozen oysters, and a filet saute with mushrooms to follow it?

    The Thirteen | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for filet

filet

/ (ˈfɪlɪt, ˈfɪleɪ, French filɛ) /


noun

Origin of filet

1
C20: from French: net, from Old Provençal filat, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum

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