Fillets

[fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10] /ˈfɪl ɪt; usually fɪˈleɪ for 1, 10/

noun
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Cookery.

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a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband.
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any narrow strip, as wood or metal.
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a strip of any material used for binding.
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Bookbinding.

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Architecture.

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Anatomy. .
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a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.
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Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.
verb (used with object)
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Cookery.

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to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.
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Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.
/ˈfɪlɪt/
noun
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a narrow strip of any material
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a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck
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a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings
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a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column
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Also called fillet weld. a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
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(heraldry) a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
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Also called listel, list. the top member of a cornice
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(anatomy) a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus Technical name lemniscus
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another name for fairing1
verb (transitive) -lets, -leting, -leted
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to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
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to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
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(anatomy) to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains
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to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet
n.

early 14c., “headband,” from Old French filet (12c.) “thread, filament; strip, ligament,” diminutive of fil “thread” (see file (v.)). Sense of “cut of meat or fish” is from late 14c., apparently so called because it was prepared by being tied up with a string. As a verb, from c.1600, “to bind with a narrow band;” meaning “to cut in fillets” is from 1846. Related: Filleted; filleting.

fillet fil·let (fĭl’ĭt)
n.

Heb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the tabernacle court were joined together, and from which the curtains were suspended (Ex. 27:10, 11; 36:38). In Jer. 52:21 the rendering of a different word, _hut_, meaning a “thread,” and designating a measuring-line of 12 cubits in length for the circumference of the copper pillars of Solomon’s temple.