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US
/fəˈɫeɪ/
]
VERB
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cut into filets
filet the fish - decorate with a lace of geometric designs
NOUN
- a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
- a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
- a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
- fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
How To Use fillet In A Sentence
- Re: the a la carte menu served at your restaurant on February 19th 2008 (my birthday), including (but not limited to) smoked ocean trout with avruga caviar, leek & crab custard, confit of Petuna Tasmanian ocean trout with daikon and fennel (I don’t even like daikon and fennel, except yours,) grilled fillet of barramundi, twice-cooked spatchcock and oh my god the Wagyu beef with lime and wasabi: Yatima » 2008 » March
- Heat the oil and deep-fry the fish fillets.
- Salmon is a relatively easy fish to fillet.
- Nottingham Crown Court heard that staff, in threadbare butchers' aprons, worked into the early hours to fillet carcasses which had been condemned as unfit for human consumption.
- Carve the legs into slices and cut the breast into fillets.
- Thick, juicy cod fillets are steamed over water that is intensely flavoured with a medley of spices, fresh herbs and aromatics.
- Tobacco panna cotta will be followed by a course of fillet of char with a honey-smoked pistachio crust.
- Haggis turned up again as the stuffing of a chicken fillet wrapped in caul and the salmon reappeared in a salad with citrus mayonnaise.
- Just mix it all together and slice the fish across the fillet into cross sections. Times, Sunday Times
- Halve the skinned fish fillets lengthways, season lightly with salt and slip them into the pan, encouraging them under the liquid. Times, Sunday Times