Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In decorative art, a thin line forming part of a design or ornamenting an edge or the like; a fillet: as, a filet in gold in bookbinding; a filet of ruby luster on a majolica vase. See
fillet .
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- noun A narrow
strip ofribbon ,material ormeat .
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- verb decorate with a lace of geometric designs
- noun a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- noun a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
- noun lace having a square mesh
- verb cut into filets
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Examples
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Pan cooking a thin filet like this little red snapper is the way to go, and there are a few cooking suggestions near the end.
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The dish features a beef tender loin filet roasted with peppercorn crust and topped with sauteed mushrooms and a ruby port wine reduction.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
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The dish features a beef tender loin filet roasted with peppercorn crust and topped with sauteed mushrooms and a ruby port wine reduction.
Filet Au Poivre 2006
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You can crap on a silver platter, call it filet mingon, serve it up to your friends and all take a bite.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Bush Admits Authorizing Secret Domestic Spying Program 2005
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One of the foremost clubs in London one day changed its cook; and its members were astonished to find that the steak which had formerly been served to them under the name filet de boeuf was now always announced as a Chateaubriand.
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"Other than the fact that I've paid $30 to be teased by this speck of beef you call a filet and three-quarters of my plate is taken up by a cheesy dish that smells suspiciously like a dead horse's yeast-infected cooter ... everything's hunky dory, Ace."
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2004
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People today act like a filet is the only edible part of a cow.
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I also thought the filet was a very good size, I would say about 6 to 8 oz.
Taix TheNewDiner 2009
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I also thought the filet was a very good size, I would say about 6 to 8 oz.
Archive 2009-03-01 TheNewDiner 2009
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Pork tenderloin, like its relative the beef tenderloin sometimes called filet mignon, is among the leanest cuts of meat.
Recipe of the Day: Twice-Cooked Pork Tenderloin - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
ivypluck commented on the word filet
The British pronounce the hard t at the end as in fillet.
August 17, 2010
qroqqa commented on the word filet
I don't think so. Rather, we use the word fillet, as in fillet of beef, where AmE uses or might use filet. In the one expression where we do definitely write filet we pronounce it in French fashion, ˈfɪleɪ, namely filet mignon ˈfɪleɪ ˈmɪnjɒ~. There is a stress difference: BrE ˈfɪleɪ, AmE fɪˈleɪ.
August 18, 2010