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FILET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filet mean? 

FILET (noun)
  The noun FILET has 3 senses:

1. a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beefplay

2. a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fishplay

3. lace having a square meshplay

  Familiarity information: FILET used as a noun is uncommon.


FILET (verb)
  The verb FILET has 2 senses:

1. decorate with a lace of geometric designsplay

2. cut into filetsplay

  Familiarity information: FILET used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FILET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

filet; fillet

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

beefsteak (a beef steak 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)

Derivation:

filet (cut into filets)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

filet; fillet; fish filet; fish fillet

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

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

Derivation:

filet (cut into filets)


Sense 3

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)

Derivation:

filet (decorate with a lace of geometric designs)


FILET (verb)


Sense 1

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

Derivation:

filet (lace having a square mesh)


Sense 2

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

Derivation:

filet (a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish)

filet (a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef)


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