fillet

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
2. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
3. A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
4. A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
5. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
6. (UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
7. A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
8. The space between two flutings in a shaft.
9. An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
10. The thread of a screw.
11. A colored or gilded border.
12. The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
13. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
14. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
15. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

Verb

1. (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
2. (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

Synonyms

filet

band

undercut

snood

stopping

tenia

strip

taenia

tape

tenderloin

sirloin

slice

fish fillet

chine

ribbon

🎀

string

🪢

head-band

fish filet

lemniscus

stripe

net

piece

rod

rope

🪢

shim

sliver

steak

strand

tapeworm

thread

🧵

trim

wafer

hairband

panel strip

rectiblock

hair ribbon

hair-band

humeral angle

draft fillet

molding fillet

filler rod

rectifier cell

string fillet

glazing fillet

tooth fillet

white cheese

insert ring

wood molding

bandage

banderol

Translations

filet

filetto

filete

Filet

fileto

filé

infula

moot

fascia

Leiste

disossare

🦴

listello

gefüllt

filet

désosser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪl.ɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: filet

In summary

From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminutive of fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).