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bandeau, strip, stripe, band, chaplet, crown, fish, garland, headband, meat, ribbon, ridge

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fillet

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

–noun

Cookery.

a.	a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, esp. the beef tenderloin.

b.	a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.

2.	a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband.

3.	any narrow strip, as wood or metal.

4.	a strip of any material used for binding.

Bookbinding.

a.	a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.

b.	a rolling tool for impressing such lines.

Architecture.

a.	Also called list. a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas.

b.	a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes.

7.	Anatomy. lemniscus.

8.	a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.

9.	Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.

–verb (used with object)

10.

Cookery.

a.	to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.

b.	to cut fillets from.

11.	to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.

12.	Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.

Also, filet (for defs. 1, 10).

Origin:
1300–50; ME filet < AF, MF, equiv. to fil thread + -et -et

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Language Translation for : Fillet

Spanish:

filete,

German:

das Filet, Filet-…,

Japanese:

ヒレ肉

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fil·let (fĭl'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A narrow strip of ribbon or similar material, often worn as a headband.
also fi·let (fĭ-lā', fĭl'ā')
1. A strip or compact piece of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
2. A boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting.
3. A thin flat molding used as separation between or ornamentation for larger moldings.
4. A ridge between the indentations of a fluted column.
Architecture
1. A thin flat molding used as separation between or ornamentation for larger moldings.
2. A ridge between the indentations of a fluted column.
A narrow decorative line impressed onto the cover of a book.
Heraldry A narrow horizontal band placed in the lower fourth area of the chief.
Anatomy A loop-shaped band of fibers, such as the lemniscus.

tr.v. fil·let·ed, fil·let·ing, fil·lets

To bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet.
also fi·let (fĭ-lā', fĭl'ā') To slice, bone, or make into fillets.

[Middle English filet, from Old French, diminutive of fil, thread, from Latin fīlum; see g^whī- in Indo-European roots.]

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fillet

1327, "headband," from O.Fr. filet, dim. of fil "thread." Sense of "cut of meat or fish" is c.1420, apparently so called because it was prepared by being tied up with a string.

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fillet
noun
1.	a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
2.	a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
3.	a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus]
4.	a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia]
5.	fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
verb
1.	decorate with a lace of geometric designs
2.	cut into filets; "filet the fish"

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fillet fil·let (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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Main Entry: fil·let
Pronunciation: 'fil-&t
Function: noun
: a band of anatomical fibers; specifically : LEMNISCUS

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Fillet

Fil"let\, n. [OE. filet, felet, fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum. See Fille a row.]

1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. --Pope.

2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

Note: A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. "Fillet of a fenny snake." --Shak.

3. A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.

4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a re["e]ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

5. (Arch.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.

6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw.

8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

10. Any scantling smaller than a batten.

11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

Arris fillet. See under Arris.

Fillet

Fil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting.] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.