fillet
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪlɪt
[edit] Noun
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fillet (plural fillets)
- (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.
- (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.
[edit] Antonyms
- (rounded outside edge): round
[edit] Translations
strip of deboned meat or fish
mo(u)lding
rounded relief or cut
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[edit] Verb
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to fillet (third-person singular simple present fillets, present participle filleting, simple past and past participle filleted)
- (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
- (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

