Collins English-English Dictionary

fillet ['fɪlɪt]

1. 1. n fillet steak a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef

2. 2. n fillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles

3. 3. n listel list the top member of a cornice

4. 4. n [anatomy] a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus lemniscus

5. 5. vt. Also (for senses 1--3) filet

6. 6. n the boned side of a fish

7. 7. n the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken

8. 8. n a narrow strip of any material

9. 9. n a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck

10. 10. n a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings

11. 11. n a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column

12. 12. n [heraldry] a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief

13. 13. n a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book

14. 14. n a wheel tool used to impress such lines

15. 15. n another name for fairing

16. 16. vt. [tr] to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet

17. 17. vt. to cut fillets from (meat or fish)

18. 18. vt. [anatomy] to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains

19. 19. vt. to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet

20. 20. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French filet, from fil thread, from Latin filum