Definition of Filet

1. Verb. Decorate with a lace of geometric designs.

Exact synonyms: Fillet
Generic synonyms: Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Grace, Ornament
Derivative terms: Fillet

2. Noun. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.
Exact synonyms: Fillet
Generic synonyms: Beefsteak
Group relationships: Beef Tenderloin
Specialized synonyms: Chateaubriand, Tournedos, Filet Mignon
Derivative terms: Fillet

3. Verb. Cut into filets. "Filet the fish"
Exact synonyms: Fillet
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Carve, Cut Up
Derivative terms: Fillet, Fillet

4. Noun. A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish.
Exact synonyms: Fillet, Fish Filet, Fish Fillet
Generic synonyms: Piece, Slice
Derivative terms: Fillet

5. Noun. Lace having a square mesh.
Generic synonyms: Lace

Definition of Filet

1. Noun. A narrow strip of ribbon, material or meat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filet

1. to fillet [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: fillet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filet

filename extensions
filenames
filensin
filer
filers
files
fileserver
fileservers
filesharer
filesharers
filesharing
filestore
filestores
filesystem
filesystems
filet (current term)
filet de boeuf en croute
filet mignon
filetail
fileted
fileting
filets
filets mignons
filetype
filetyped
filetypes
filetyping
filfot
filfots
filgrastim

Literary usage of Filet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Favorite Dishes: A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book. Over Three by Carrie V. Shuman (1893)
"The filet is then to be prepared by the cook in this manner: Remove all skin and fat; fold the thin end under and skewer in place; the upper side must ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... talk« of filet in the plural, or about "a file of four»." As there are two in a " rank," there is a left file and a right file; mad men may mere in ..."

3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... Cyno- dff'ntu», Vin'culum Vani'num, (F.) filet ou Frein de la. verge, is a membranous reflection which fixe« the prepuce to the lower part of the glans. ..."

4. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization by C. Raveret-Wattel (1904)
"Cet appareil consiste en un filet à mailles très fines, tendu sur deux cadres en ... Quand on veut peser une Truite vivante, on ouvre le filet, on y met le ..."

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