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fillet

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1. fillet - Noun

2. fillet - Verb

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A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.

A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.

An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

Any scantling smaller than a batten.

A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. 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.

To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

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filet the fish Source: Internet

Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland; carp fillet, carp in aspic etc. Universal Polish Christmas foods are pierogi as well as some herring dishes, and for dessert, makowiec or noodles with poppy seed. Source: Internet

A winged ker with a fillet hovers overhead: "Pandora rises from the earth; she is the Earth, giver of all gifts," Harrison observes. Source: Internet

But beef — sourced from Arizona Grass Raised — is the main draw, offered in chuck, New York strip, rib-eye, stew cuts, fillet, offal, and more. Source: Internet

Fresh dill is very common in a green salad or fish fillet. Source: Internet

Frozen hake and frozen hake fillet are effectively supplied by imports and European processing companies. Source: Internet

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