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fillet

[ fil-it; usually fi-ley ]

noun

  1. Cooking.
    1. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
    2. 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.
  5. Bookbinding.
    1. a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.
    2. a rolling tool for impressing such lines.
  6. Architecture.
    1. Also called list. a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas.
    2. 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)

  1. Cooking.
    1. to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
    2. to cut fillets from.
  2. to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.
  3. Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.

fillet

/ ˈfɪlɪt /

noun

    1. Also calledfillet steak a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef
    2. the boned side of a fish
    3. the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken
  1. a narrow strip of any material
  2. a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck
  3. a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings
  4. a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column
  5. Also calledfillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
  6. heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
  7. Also calledlistellist the top member of a cornice
  8. anatomy a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus Technical namelemniscus
    1. a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
    2. a wheel tool used to impress such lines
  9. another name for fairing 1


verb

  1. to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
  2. to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
  3. anatomy to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains
  4. to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fillet1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fillet1

C14: from Old French filet , from fil thread, from Latin fīlum

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Example Sentences

The fillet tasted like the real thing, but it still has a way to go.

From Time

Move the carrots and parsnips to one side of the sheet pan and place the fish fillets on the other side.

Fold any thinner pieces of fish so that all the fillets are about the same thickness.

She said that "the most expensive piece of meat in a local butcher [in France] is a fillet of horse meat."

The beef tenderloin was excellent, but I was disappointed with the bass fillet.

Cover the top of each fillet with a quarter of the andouille crust mixture.

I like to use wild salmon, but alternatively you can use any firm-fleshed fillet.

It is Japanese- and Chinese-inspired, offering tasty dishes like sesame-crusted tuna and wok-charred beef fillet.

And the sun was glancing on many a gemmed fillet and many a ribbon-decked, blond tress that fell nigh to its proud owner's knees.

A gold fillet, set with another matchless diamond, confined her hair, which fell loosely in wavy tresses round her shoulders.

This is bound round the forehead by a fillet sometimes made of camel's hair, which holds it in its place tightly, like a cap.

To form cutlets similar to the fillet cutlets, place them in a frying-pan, and let them poach in water.

Fillet a brace of woodcock, soak them in salad oil seasoned with black pepper, some cloves, and a pounded head of garlic.

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