Meaning

15 senses
  1. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.

    Streifen, Band, Leiste

  2. A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.

    Dichtfuge, Dichtleiste, Dichtband

  3. A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

    Kehle, Hohlkehle, Auskehlung

  4. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

    Filet, Lendenstück

    филе́filé, филе́йfiléj

    філе́filé

  5. (UK)A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.

    fillet steak

    a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef

  6. A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.

    Platte, Leiste, Kannelüre

  7. The space between two flutings in a shaft.

    Kannelüre

  8. An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

  9. The thread of a screw.

    Gewinde, Schraubengewinde, Schraubgewinde

  10. A colored or gilded border.

    Rahmen, Umrahmung, Rand

  11. The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.

  12. Any scantling smaller than a batten.

    Latte, Leiste

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I'll fillet the fish.

    deIch werde den Fisch entgräten.

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  2. Now we have to flour the fillet.

    deJetzt müssen wir das Filet mehlen.

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  3. I'm going to make a grilled fish fillet.

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  4. Broil the fillet for 8 to 12 minutes per side.

    deGrille das Filet 8 bis 12 Minuten von jeder Seite.

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  5. You can only eat half of the fillet.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
strip of deboned meat or fish:
Русский
By meaning 1
strip of deboned meat or fish:
Deutsch
By meaning 9
headband, ribbon:
thin strip of any material:
construction: heavy bead of waterproofing:
engineering: rounded relief or cut:
strip of deboned meat or fish:
architecture: thin flat molding:
thread of a screw:
colored border:
scantling:

Origin

From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminut

From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminutive of fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

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Forms

plural: fillets

Synonyms

7 synonyms
a boneless cut of meat:filet
Close in meaning
  • fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members:stopping
  • a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish:filetfish filletfish filet
  • a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef:filet
  • lace having a square mesh:filet
  • a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus:lemniscus
  • a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband:taeniatenia

Antonyms

1 antonyms
rounded outside edge:roundB1

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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