Definition of "fillet" in English

noun

1. (now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

2. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.

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

4. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

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

6. (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

7. (architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.

8. (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.

9. (heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

10. The thread of a screw.

11. A colored or gilded border.

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

13. (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.

14. (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

15. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

verb

1. (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

2. (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.