fillet
IPA: fʌɫˈeɪ
noun
- (now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
- A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- (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.
- A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
- (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.
- (architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
- (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- (heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- The thread of a screw.
- A colored or gilded border.
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
verb
- (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
- (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
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