variants
or less commonly filet
fi-ˈlā 
ˈfi-(ˌ)lā
1
: a ribbon or narrow strip of material used especially as a headband
2
a
: a thin narrow strip of material
b
: a piece or slice of boneless meat or fish
especially
: the tenderloin of beef
3
a
: a concave junction formed where two surfaces meet (as at an angle)
b
: a strip that gives a rounded appearance to such a junction
also
: a strip to reinforce the corner where two surfaces meet
4
: a narrow flat architectural member:
a
: a flat molding separating others
b
: the space between two flutings (see flute entry 1 sense 3) in a shaft
filleted; filleting; fillets
Examples of fillet in a Sentence
Noun
a juicy fillet of beef
Verb
He carefully filleted the fish with a sharp knife.
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Cut the fillet into strips and dip them in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Well, that’s the view (neatly filleted by Andrew Roberts, Churchill’s finest contemporary biographer, National Review’s Mark Wright, and others) of Darryl Cooper, the podcaster recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Sprinkle spice mixture evenly over tops of fillets.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Cut the fillet into strips and dip them in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Well, that’s the view (neatly filleted by Andrew Roberts, Churchill’s finest contemporary biographer, National Review’s Mark Wright, and others) of Darryl Cooper, the podcaster recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fillet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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