fillet
[fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10]
| 1. | Cookery.
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| 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. |
| 5. | Bookbinding.
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| 6. | Architecture.
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| 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. |
| 10. | Cookery.
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| 11. | to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet. |
| 12. | Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet. |
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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.Cite This Source
fillet
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Main Entry: fil·let
Pronunciation: 'fil-&t
Function: noun
: a band of anatomical fibers; specifically :
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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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fillet
(from Latin filum, "thread"), in architecture, the characteristically rectangular or square ribbonlike bands that separate moldings and ornaments. Fillets are common in classical architecture (in which they also may be found between the flutings of columns) and in Gothic architecture. In the Early English and Decorated styles of the 13th and 14th centuries, respectively, the fillet is frequently worked upon larger moldings and column shafts; in these cases it is not always flat but rather is sometimes cut into two or more narrow faces that have sharp edges between them. See also molding
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