fillet

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Most call themselves "fish fillets," although their resemblance to what a restaurant would call a fillet is very limited unless some new species of triangular fish has been discovered.

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  1. noun A narrow strip of ribbon or similar material, often worn as a headband.
  2. noun A strip or compact piece of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
  3. noun A boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting.
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  • Though the melted fat seeping from their fillet is watery-indicative of USDA's second tier-strands of muscle melt on your tongue while deft flecks of salt and pepper explode above. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • The prices I have in our varied reports for three to five ounce fillet which is a general snapshot and it shows that prices spike on a three to five ounce standard. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • US fillet, they went as high as $2.55 and currently for March, we are seeing prices closer to $2 but through all of that, the market has been very strong and we have seen our profits as being very stable. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Most call themselves "fish fillets," although their resemblance to what a restaurant would call a fillet is very limited unless some new species of triangular fish has been discovered. —  clickorlando.com - Local News
  • Chilean sea bass fillet, at $21.99 a pound, was certified by the Marine Stewardship Council. —  post-gazette.com - News
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filet ·  circlet ·  diadem ·  sirloin ·  girdle ·  cutlet ·  tassel ·  headband ·  head-dress ·  veal ·  trimming ·  bracelet

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fillet:   filleted
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English filet, from Old French, diminutive of fil, thread, from Latin fīlum; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English filet, felet, from Old French fillet, French filet, a thread, band, a net, the chine of beef, etc., = Provencal filet = Spanish Portuguese filete = Italian filetto, from Middle Latin filettum, a small thread, a net, diminutive of Latin filum, thread: see file.
  2. from fillet, n.
 

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