■ noun
1》 a fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal.
↘(also ~ steak ) a beef steak cut from the lower part of a sirloin.
↘a boned side of a fish.
2》 a band or ribbon binding the hair.
3》 Architecture a narrow flat band separating two mouldings.
↘a small band between the flutes of a column.
4》 a roughly triangular strip of material which rounds off an interior angle between two surfaces.
5》 a plain line impressed on the cover of a book.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ing , ~ed ) remove the bones from (a fish).
↘cut (fish or meat) into ~s.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. filet 'thread', based on L. filum 'thread'.