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FILET

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English dictionary: Word overview

FILET (noun)
  The noun FILET has 3 senses:

1. a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
2. a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
3. lace having a square mesh

  Familiarity information: FILET used as a noun is uncommon.


FILET (verb)
  The verb FILET has 2 senses:

1. decorate with a lace of geometric designs
2. cut into filets

  Familiarity information: FILET used as a verb is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FILET (noun)


Sense 1filet [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

fillet; filet

Hypernyms ("filet" is a kind of...):

beefsteak (a slice of beef usually cooked by broiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filet"):

Chateaubriand (a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin)

tournedos (thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin)

filet mignon (small steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin)

Holonyms ("filet" is a part of...):

beef tenderloin (beef loin muscle)


Sense 2filet [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

fish filet; fish fillet; filet; fillet

Hypernyms ("filet" is a kind of...):

piece; slice (a serving that has been cut from a larger portion)


Sense 3filet [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Lace having a square mesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("filet" is a kind of...):

lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)


FILET (verb)


Sense 1filet [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Decorate with a lace of geometric designs

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

filet; fillet

Hypernyms (to "filet" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2filet [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Cut into filets

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

filet; fillet

Context example:

filet the fish

Hypernyms (to "filet" is one way to...):

carve; cut up (cut to pieces)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


English Proverbs
"Even a worm will turn."
(English proverb)
"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once."
(William Shakespeare)
"The old horse in the stable still yearns to run 1000 li."
(Chinese proverb)
"Little by little the measure is filled."
(Corsican proverb)


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