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Fillet

Fillet Meaning & Definition
Fillet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fillet?

[n] fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
[n] a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
[n] a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
[n] a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
[n] a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
[v] cut into filets, as of fish or meat
[v] decorate with a filet

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fillet: filet | filet | filet | fish filet | fish fillet | lemniscus | stopping | taenia | tenia

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fillet: adhesive tape | anklet | armlet | band | bandage | bandeau | batten | belt | bracelet | cellophane tape | cincture | cingulum | cloth tape | collar | collarband | earring | ecliptic | equator | fascia | finger ring | friction tape | girdle | girt | girth | great circle | hoop | lath | ligula | ligule | list | masking tape | Mystik tape | neckband | necklace | nose ring | plank | plastic tape | quoit | ribband | ribbon | ring | Scotch tape | shred | slat | slip | spill | spline | strake | strap | strip | stripe | strop | taenia | tape | tape measure | tapeline | ticker tape | wristband | wristlet | zodiac | zone

See Also | adorn | beautify | beef tenderloin | beefsteak | carve | Chateaubriand | cut up | decorate | embellish | fastener | fastening | filet mignon | fixing | grace | headband | holdfast | ornament | piece | sensory nerve | slice | tournedos

Fillet In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.
\Fil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filleting}.] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

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