fillet

noun

1. Cookery.
   1. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
   2. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
2. a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband.
3. any narrow strip, as wood or metal.
4. a strip of any material used for binding.
5. Bookbinding.
   1. a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.
   2. a rolling tool for impressing such lines.
6. Architecture.
   1. Also called list.a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas.
   2. a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes.
7. Anatomy. lemniscus.
8. a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.
9. Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.

verb (used with object)

10. Cookery.
    1. to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
    2. to cut fillets from.
11. to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.
12. Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.

noun

1. 1. Also called: fillet steaka strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef
   2. the boned side of a fish
   3. the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken
2. a narrow strip of any material
3. a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck
4. a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings
5. a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column
6. Also called: fillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles
7. heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief
8. Also called: listel, list the top member of a cornice
9. anatomy a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamusTechnical name: lemniscus
10. 1. a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
    2. a wheel tool used to impress such lines
11. another name for fairing 1

verb -lets, -leting or -leted (tr)

12. to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet
13. to cut fillets from (meat or fish)
14. anatomy to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains
15. to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet

n.

1. A loop of cord or tape used for making traction on a part of the fetus.
2. A loop-shaped band of fibers, especially the lemniscus.