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fillet
[fil-it, fi-ley]
noun
Cooking.
a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
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.
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.
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.
to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
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
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
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
heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
Also called: listel. list.the top member of a cornice
Technical name: lemniscus.anatomy a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus
a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fillet1
Example Sentences
The dish - usually prepared with a long strip of fillet steak, wrapped in pastry and mushrooms - was something Ms Patterson's mother made when she was a child, to mark special occasions, she said.
That includes topping salads with tinned smoked salmon marinated in extra virgin olive oil, umami-fying pastas with anchovy fillets à la Alison Roman or topping toast with butter and rainbow trout.
Alison Roman’s famous Caramelized Shallot Pasta calls for a tin of anchovy fillets.
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.
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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