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FILLET
fillet, stopping
(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
taenia, tenia, fillet
(noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
lemniscus, fillet
(noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
fillet, filet
(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
fillet, filet
(verb) cut into filets; “filet the fish”
fillet, filet
(verb) decorate with a lace of geometric designs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fillet (plural fillets)
(now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses.
(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
(architecture) A fine flat moulding/molding used as separation between coarser mouldings.
(architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
(heraldiccharge) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
The thread of a screw.
A colored or gilded border.
The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
(woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
(anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Synonyms
• (a boneless cut of meat): filet
Antonyms
• (rounded outside edge): round
Verb
fillet (third-person singular simple present fillets, present participle filleting, simple past and past participle filleted)
(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
(transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
Synonyms
• (make into fillets): bone, debone
Source: Wiktionary
Fil"let, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
5. (Arch.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
7. (Mech.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
12. (Man.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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