FILLET Definition & Meaning

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fillet

[ fil-it; usually fi-ley ]

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noun

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.
a 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.
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.
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.
Anatomy. lemniscus.
a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.
Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.

verb (used with object)

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

fillet

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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
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 calledfillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
Also calledlistellist the top member of a cornice
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
another name for fairing 1

verb

to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
anatomy 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

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�y��vlog 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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of fillet¹

C14: from Old French filet , from fil thread, from Latin ��ī��ܳ�

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At one of them, Cornelius Carrington, from the Freedom Fish House. fillets a kingfish with the speed and dexterity of a man who has spent many years with a fish knife in his hands.

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And, it pays homage to writer and chef Alison Roman, whose famed shallot pasta calls for a tin of anchovy fillets.

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One of my favorite things is shark and bake, which is a fried fillet of shark served in a piece of fry bread with a variety of condiments like chandon beni sauce and pepper sauce.

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The former president filleted him with cool disdain.

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In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."

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