EGAVE

fillet

About 0.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  2. noun A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
  3. noun A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
  4. noun A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
  5. noun A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
  6. noun 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. noun A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
  8. noun The space between two flutings in a shaft.

Similar words

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Word family

filet filets filleted filleting fillets

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