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Definition of Fillet

1. Noun. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.

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

3. Noun. A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish.

4. Verb. Cut into filets. "Filet the fish"

5. Noun. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus.

6. Noun. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

7. Noun. Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

Definition of Fillet

1. n. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

2. v. t. To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Definition of Fillet

1. to cut boneless slices from [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fillet

1. 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. A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. 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." 3. A thin strip or ribbon; especially., A strip of metal from which coins are punched. A strip of card clothing. A thin projecting band or strip. 4. A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. 5. A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. 6. An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. 7. The thread of a screw. 8. A border of broad or narrow lines of colour or gilt. 9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. 10. Any scantling smaller than a batten. 11. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially. To certain bands of white matter in the brain. 12. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Arris fillet. See Arris. Origin: OE. Filet, felet, fr. OF. Filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. Of fil a thread, fr. L. Filum. See Fille a row. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillet

fill fill fill-in fillable fillagree fillagreed fillagreeing fillagrees fille filled

filler fillers filler graft filles fillet (current term) fillet (current term) filleted filleting fillets fillet layer

fillet of sole fille de chambre fillibeg fillibegs fillies filling filling fillings filling defect filling defect in renal collecting system

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