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fillet
(fɪlɪt, US fɪleɪ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense fillets, present participle filleting, past tense, past participle filleted
1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Fillet is a strip of meat, especially beef, that has no bones in it.
...fillet of beef with shallots.
...chicken breast fillets.
...fillet steak.
2. countable noun
A fillet of fish is the side of a fish with the bones removed.
...anchovy fillets.
I ordered a fine fillet of salmon.
3. verb
When you fillet fish or meat, you prepare it by taking the bones out.
Don't be afraid to ask your fishmonger to fillet flat fish. [VERB noun]
fillet in British English
(ˈfɪlɪt)
noun
1.
a. Also called: fillet steak
a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef
b.
the boned side of a fish
c.
the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken
2.
a narrow strip of any material
3.
a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck
4.
a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings
5.
a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column
6. Also called: fillet weld
a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
7. heraldry
a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
8. Also called: listel, list
the top member of a cornice
9. anatomy
a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus
Technical name: lemniscus10.
a.
a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
b.
a wheel tool used to impress such lines
11. another name for fairing1
verbWord forms: -lets, -leting or -leted (transitive)
Also (for senses 1–3): filet12.
to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
13.
to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
14. anatomy
to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains
15.
to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet
Word origin
C14: from Old French filet, from fil thread, from Latin fīlumfillet in American English
(ˈfɪlɪt; for 6 & 8, usually fɪˈleɪ; ˈfɪlˌeɪ)
noun
1.
a narrow band worn around the head as to hold the hair in place
2.
a thin strip or band
3.
fairing1
4. Architecture
a.
a flat, square molding separating other moldings
b.
a narrow band between two flutings in a column
5. Bookbinding
an ornamental line impressed on a book cover
6. Cookery
a.
a lean, boneless piece of meat
b.
a flat, boneless slice cut lengthwise from the side of a fish
verb transitive
7.
to bind or decorate with a band, molding, etc.
8.
to bone and slice (meat or fish)
Word origin
ME filet < OFr, dim. of fil: see file1fillet in Hospitality 1
(fɪleɪ)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, meat)
A fillet is a strip of meat or fish that has no bones in it.
She ordered the fillet of beef and found bones in it.
Trim the beef fillets and remove any bones.
Chicken breast fillets are the best cut of the chicken, as they do not contain any bone.
fillet in Hospitality 2
(fɪleɪ)
Word forms: (present) fillets, (past) filleted, (perfect) filleted, (progressive) filleting
verb
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, meat)
When you fillet fish or meat, you prepare it by taking the bones out.
Fillet the fish and roll the fillets in flour.
I fillet the chicken by cutting it off the bone.
A sharp knife can be used to fillet beef and fish and remove any bones.
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heraldry, toolIn other languagesfillet
British English: fillet /ˈfɪlɪt/ NOUN
A fillet of fish or meat is a piece that has no bones in it.
...chicken fillets.
- American English: fillet
- Arabic: شَرِيحَةٌ مِن اللَّحْمِ أَوْ السَّمَكِ بِدُونِ عَظْم عصابة رأس
- Brazilian Portuguese: filé
- Chinese: 肉片
- Croatian: file
- Czech: filé
- Danish: filet
- Dutch: filet
- European Spanish: filete
- Finnish: filee
- French: filet pièce de viande/poisson
- German: Filet
- Greek: φιλέτο
- Italian: filetto
- Japanese: ヒレ肉
- Korean: 살토막
- Norwegian: filet
- Polish: filet
- European Portuguese: filete
- Romanian: file
- Russian: филе
- Latin American Spanish: filete
- Swedish: filé
- Thai: ชิ้นปลาหรือเนื้อที่ไม่มีกระดูก
- Turkish: fileto
- Ukrainian: філе
- Vietnamese: phi-lê
British English: fillet /ˈfɪlɪt/ VERB
When you fillet fish or meat, you prepare it by taking the bones out.
- American English: fillet
- Arabic: يَنْزِعُ العِظَام يعصب
- Brazilian Portuguese: cortar em filé
- Chinese: 切片
- Croatian: narezati
- Czech: vykostit
- Danish: filetere
- Dutch: fileren
- European Spanish: filetear
- Finnish: fileerata
- French: découper en filets
- German: filetieren
- Greek: κόβω σε φιλέτο
- Italian: tagliare a fette
- Japanese: ･･･からヒレ肉を取る
- Korean: 토막으로 썰다
- Norwegian: filetere
- Polish: sfiletować
- European Portuguese: cortar em filete
- Romanian: a desface în fileuri
- Russian: готовить филе
- Latin American Spanish: filetear
- Swedish: filea
- Thai: ตัดชิ้นเนื้อโดยไม่มีกระดูกติด
- Turkish: fileto kesmek
- Ukrainian: готувати філе
- Vietnamese: lóc phi-lê
Chinese translation of 'fillet'
fillet
(ˈfɪlɪt)
n (c/u)
- [of meat, fish]
片
(piàn)
vt
- [fish, meat]
把 ... 切成片
(bǎ ... qiēchéng piàn)
- obstropulous
- obstruct
- obstructer
- obstruction
- obstructional
- obstructionally
- obstructionism
- obstructionist
- obstruction of justice
- obstructive
- obstructively
- obstructiveness
- obstructor
- obstruent
- obtain
- obtainability
- obtainable
- obtain advice
- obtain details
- obtainer
- obtaining by deception
- obtainment
- obtect
- obtected
- obtemper