Translate fillet | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of fillet
noun
1 /fiˈlā, ˈfilā/
(also filet) a fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal:a chicken breast fillet roast fillet of lamb (also fillet steak) a beef steak cut from the lower part of a sirloin.
2 /ˈfilit/
a band or ribbon worn around the head, especially for binding the hair. Architecture a narrow flat band separating two moldings. Architecture a small band between the flutes of a column. a plain or decorated line impressed on the cover of a book. a roller used to impress a line on the cover of a book.
3 /ˈfilit/
a concave strip of material roughly triangular in cross section that rounds off an interior angle between two surfaces:a splayed mortar fillet at the junction of the roof with the chimney stack [as modifier]:a fillet weld
verb
Pronunciation:
/fiˈlā, ˈfilā/
(fillets, filleting, filleted) [with object] remove the bones from (a fish). cut (fish or meat) into boneless strips.
