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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•let (fi lā′, fil′ā; Fr. fē le′),USA pronunciation n., pl. fi•lets (fi lāz′, fil′az; Fr. fē le′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Foodfillet (defs. 1, 10).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: filet /ˈfɪlɪt; ˈfɪleɪ; French: filɛ/ n - a variant spelling of fillet
Etymology: 20th Century: from French: net, from Old Provençal filat, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fil•let /fɪˈleɪ/USA pronunciation n., v., fil•leted /fɪˈleɪd/USA pronunciation fil•let•ing. n. - Fooda boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, such as the beef tenderloin: [uncountable]Fillet is usually very tender and very expensive.[countable]two fillets of beef.
v. [~ + object] - Foodto cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fil′let (fil′it; usually fi lā′ for 1, 10),USA pronunciation n. - Food[Cookery.]
- a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, esp. the beef tenderloin.
- a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- Clothinga narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament;
headband. - any narrow strip, as wood or metal.
- a strip of any material used for binding.
- [Bookbinding.]
- a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.
- a rolling tool for impressing such lines.
- Architecture
- Also called list. a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas. See diag. under molding.
- a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes.
- Anatomylemniscus.
- a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.
- Metallurgya concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.
v.t. - Food[Cookery.]
- to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
- to cut fillets from.
- Clothingto bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.
- [Mach.]to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.
Also, filet (for defs. 1, 10). - Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent. to fil thread + -et -et
- Middle English filet 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fillet /ˈfɪlɪt/ n Also called: fillet steak a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef- the boned side of a fish
- the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken
- a narrow strip of any material
- a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck
- a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings
- a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column
- Also called: fillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
- a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
Also called: listel, list the top member of a cornice- a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus
Technical name: lemniscus - a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
- a wheel tool used to impress such lines
- another name for fairing1
vb ( -lets, -leting, -leted)(transitive)- to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
- to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
- to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains
- to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet
Also (for senses 1–3): filet Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French filet, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum |