English
Pronunciation
fÄ'lÄt, /Ë�fɪlɪt/, /<tt>"fIlIt</tt>/
audio|en-us-fillet-round.ogg|Audio (US)
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audio|en-us-fillet-meat.ogg|Audio (US) - noun sense #1 (fish), verb sense #1 (fish)-->
Noun
en-noun
- (also filet) A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones have been removed.
- architecture A thin flat moulding/molding used as separation between larger mouldings.
- (clothing) A flat piece of cloth used as a headband esp. with a wimple.
- context|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.
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- A type of weld that creates a rounded bead at an inside corner.
#: Place a fillet weld at the joint.
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Antonyms
(rounded inside edge): round
Translations
trans-top|strip of deboned meat or fish
Finnish: filee
French: filet m
German: Filet n
trans-mid
Spanish: filete m
trans-bottom
trans-top|mo(u)lding
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|rounded relief or cut
trans-mid
trans-bottom
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trans-top|type of weld
trans-mid
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Derived terms
chicken fillet
Verb
en-verb<!--I think this might be US only - I suspect UK usage doubles the 't' - Paul G, 2005-08-09-->
- transitive To slice, bone or make into fillets.
- transitive To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
Synonyms
i-c|make into fillets bone, debone
Translations
trans-top|make into fillets
French: désosser
trans-mid
Italian: disossare
trans-bottom
trans-top|apply, etc, a rounded or filled corner to
trans-mid
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af:fillet
fr:fillet
io:fillet
nl:fillet
ru:fillet
fi:fillet
sv:fillet
te:fillet
vi:fillet
zh:fillet
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