Fillet
noun
A piece of meat or fish removed of bones and ready for cooking.
She ordered a fillet of salmon for dinner.
Often appears as...
- fillet of fish
- chicken fillet
verb
To remove the bones from a piece of fish or meat.
She learned how to fillet a fish in culinary school.
Often appears as...
- fillet a fish
- fillet a chicken
noun
A narrow strip of decorative material, often used in architecture or design.
The frame was handcarved with a gold fillet around the edge.
Often appears as...
- gold fillet
- wooden fillet
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Technical
noun
A curved edge formed where two surfaces meet, to provide a smooth transition on the edge of an object.
The edges were rounded off with a fillet for safety.
Often appears as...
- corner fillet
- fillet edge
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of meat or fish removed of bones and ready for cooking.
She ordered a fillet of salmon for dinner.
Often appears as...
- fillet of fish
- chicken fillet
verb
To remove the bones from a piece of fish or meat.
She learned how to fillet a fish in culinary school.
Often appears as...
- fillet a fish
- fillet a chicken
noun
A narrow strip of decorative material, often used in architecture or design.
The frame was handcarved with a gold fillet around the edge.
Often appears as...
- gold fillet
- wooden fillet
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A curved edge formed where two surfaces meet, to provide a smooth transition on the edge of an object.
The edges were rounded off with a fillet for safety.
Often appears as...
- corner fillet
- fillet edge
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Usage
The term 'fillet' often appears on restaurant menus and in recipes.
I chose the beef fillet from the menu.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation Variant
'Fillet' can be pronounced differently in America (fil-AY) and Britain (FILL-it).
Would you like a fillet or a whole fish?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Cuts
Different meats have specific 'fillet' types like 'tenderloin' in beef.
The chef recommends the tenderloin fillet.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Usage
The term 'fillet' often appears on restaurant menus and in recipes.
I chose the beef fillet from the menu.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation Variant
'Fillet' can be pronounced differently in America (fil-AY) and Britain (FILL-it).
Would you like a fillet or a whole fish?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Cuts
Different meats have specific 'fillet' types like 'tenderloin' in beef.
The chef recommends the tenderloin fillet.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Usage
The term 'fillet' often appears on restaurant menus and in recipes.
I chose the beef fillet from the menu.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation Variant
'Fillet' can be pronounced differently in America (fil-AY) and Britain (FILL-it).
Would you like a fillet or a whole fish?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Cuts
Different meats have specific 'fillet' types like 'tenderloin' in beef.
The chef recommends the tenderloin fillet.
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Video examples
Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
Will you catch any this time? Yeah. For sure. Delicious. Thank you. Great job. What an amazing fish. Delicious. It's definitely given me inspiration now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it,
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The Community of Food PIPE...
Pulled all my cooks off the line and hey! You know, flying fish! Why not, we can, we can work with this, you know, filleting fish is already an art form! Why not throw a winged bone structure to it. No problem! You know what I told my servers? I told them the absolute truth. I took that flying fish, filleted it up,
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Cook Wise: Striped Bass...
you're putting in these striper is pretty important these tags are very important they're key to a sustainable fishery is accountability traceability and seafood is one of the hardest things to manage fillet looks like every other fillet when it's on the plate and sure most often or not it comes to the
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Gordon Makes Smoked Fish...
Oh no, I've been doing it all my life, bud. Gotcha My one eye can see better than you. That one eye is a powerful eye, man. I'm telling you very powerful. GORDON Fish filleted. Not bad for a troll. GORDON It's time to start seeing how the sausage is made. Now, we just gotta grind her.
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How supply chain...
and that tag follows the fish throughout the whole supply chain and makes it really easy to sense its presence at any port, on any truck or in any processing plant. But consumers can't really read RFID tags. And so, when it comes to filleting and packaging the fish,
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How photography connects...
filleted fish were sold to the locals the main parts having already been sent to Europe and here in China Randy shot a jellyfish market as prime food sources are depleted the harvest goes deeper into the oceans and brings in more such sources of protein this is
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Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
coming up there so beautiful and the water is crystal clear and the natives also are putting a set net out so they get the salmon and then they fillet them or gut them and then they hang them in their smokehouse and they eat this all
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Smoking Out Gabu PIPE The...
Carl fixes up their meal some guys like a fillet knife I like my cleaver just got the power to go go through anything like that see on the menu fresh salmon caught earlier this morning from the Seoul Duck River you smoked it in one
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How Eating Venomous...
we're actually gonna be frying whole lionfish we're also going to be doing some lion fish fillets on Louise's Louisiana style jambalaya we use such a high ratio of the fish we can use the backbones after we filleted it we use
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Tiger Given Artificial...
I feel because none as he looks at the moment the heartbreaking decisions been made tomorrow he'll lose his left eye fillets
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Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
Will you catch any this time? Yeah. For sure. Delicious. Thank you. Great job. What an amazing fish. Delicious. It's definitely given me inspiration now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it,
Video examples
The Community of Food PIPE...
Pulled all my cooks off the line and hey! You know, flying fish! Why not, we can, we can work with this, you know, filleting fish is already an art form! Why not throw a winged bone structure to it. No problem! You know what I told my servers? I told them the absolute truth. I took that flying fish, filleted it up,
Video examples
Cook Wise: Striped Bass...
you're putting in these striper is pretty important these tags are very important they're key to a sustainable fishery is accountability traceability and seafood is one of the hardest things to manage fillet looks like every other fillet when it's on the plate and sure most often or not it comes to the
Video examples
Gordon Makes Smoked Fish...
Oh no, I've been doing it all my life, bud. Gotcha My one eye can see better than you. That one eye is a powerful eye, man. I'm telling you very powerful. GORDON Fish filleted. Not bad for a troll. GORDON It's time to start seeing how the sausage is made. Now, we just gotta grind her.
Video examples
How supply chain...
and that tag follows the fish throughout the whole supply chain and makes it really easy to sense its presence at any port, on any truck or in any processing plant. But consumers can't really read RFID tags. And so, when it comes to filleting and packaging the fish,
Video examples
How photography connects...
filleted fish were sold to the locals the main parts having already been sent to Europe and here in China Randy shot a jellyfish market as prime food sources are depleted the harvest goes deeper into the oceans and brings in more such sources of protein this is
Video examples
Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
coming up there so beautiful and the water is crystal clear and the natives also are putting a set net out so they get the salmon and then they fillet them or gut them and then they hang them in their smokehouse and they eat this all
Video examples
Smoking Out Gabu PIPE The...
Carl fixes up their meal some guys like a fillet knife I like my cleaver just got the power to go go through anything like that see on the menu fresh salmon caught earlier this morning from the Seoul Duck River you smoked it in one
Video examples
How Eating Venomous...
we're actually gonna be frying whole lionfish we're also going to be doing some lion fish fillets on Louise's Louisiana style jambalaya we use such a high ratio of the fish we can use the backbones after we filleted it we use
Video examples
Tiger Given Artificial...
I feel because none as he looks at the moment the heartbreaking decisions been made tomorrow he'll lose his left eye fillets
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Quote examples
Justin Gatlin
American Athlete
I've been to the top, to eat filet mignon, to have sweets, traveling around the world, having everything at your fingertips, to being embarrassed just to walk around in society.
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Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
Fish butchering means a lot to me as a chef; I take pride in it and get a lot of joy from filleting fish, working with fish, breaking down fish, trying to understand fish.
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Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
Large fish such as tuna are shown already cut into fillets and bought by the block. Fillets should be almost transparent. Avoid tuna that looks rainbow-colored or black.
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Jason Bateman
American Actor
I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.
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Katie Piper
English Writer
I have managed to conquer my fear of fire one fish at a time. I've gone from eating sushi to prawns, to baking sea bass fillets.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicken dinner and make it into a filet mignon.
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Neil Patrick Harris
American Actor
I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic.
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Federico Fellini
Italian Director
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
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Maryse Mizanin
Canadian Wrestler
I love filet mignon. I love French and Italian cuisine.
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Brandon Ingram
American Athlete
I'm a filet guy, so I like steak.
Quote examples
Justin Gatlin
American Athlete
I've been to the top, to eat filet mignon, to have sweets, traveling around the world, having everything at your fingertips, to being embarrassed just to walk around in society.
Quote examples
Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
Fish butchering means a lot to me as a chef; I take pride in it and get a lot of joy from filleting fish, working with fish, breaking down fish, trying to understand fish.
Quote examples
Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
Large fish such as tuna are shown already cut into fillets and bought by the block. Fillets should be almost transparent. Avoid tuna that looks rainbow-colored or black.
Quote examples
Jason Bateman
American Actor
I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.
Quote examples
Katie Piper
English Writer
I have managed to conquer my fear of fire one fish at a time. I've gone from eating sushi to prawns, to baking sea bass fillets.
Quote examples
Viola Davis
American Actress
I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicken dinner and make it into a filet mignon.
Quote examples
Neil Patrick Harris
American Actor
I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic.
Quote examples
Federico Fellini
Italian Director
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
Quote examples
Maryse Mizanin
Canadian Wrestler
I love filet mignon. I love French and Italian cuisine.
Quote examples
Brandon Ingram
American Athlete
I'm a filet guy, so I like steak.
Example 1 of 10
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