filet
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3.9
- noun
- /fɪˈleɪ/
- US
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filete
- She prepared a tender filet mignon for our anniversary dinner last night.
- salmon filet
First up, the Filet O Fish, AKA the Fish filet from McDonald's.
- First up, the Filet O Fish, AKA the Fish filet from McDonald's.
- You can't eat a filet of fish at a McDonald, Mama, that ain't even fish in there.
- My mom after every audition that like wouldn't work or I would blow would take me to McDonald's to get me a filet of fish.
- So I want my fish filet, mustard, light tartar.
- So now we are ready to serve our man the filet mignon.
Examples
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So now we are ready to serve our man the filet mignon.
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"Well, they don't have filet mignon, or that's what I'd order for you, darling," I said.
Fiction book (1994) -
We'll be eating filet mignon all night long.
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We also have a filet mignon.
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We're fresh out of filet mignon.
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There, Joe greeted me and held out for inspection a large filet. "A beauty," he said.
Academic text (2004) -
"Mm-mm," he said, hardly looking up from his filet of fried fish.
Fiction book (1998) -
For dinner, we had the grilled "Center Cut" filet and the prime rib French dip.
Blog text (23) -
A filet of sole lies in front of him, bathed in a smooth white sauce.
Fiction book (1996) -
Some guys aren't satisfied unless they have filet mignon.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thick slice of meat, usually beef, that people cook to eat
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7.7
A small, very tender steak cut from the thick end of beef tenderloin
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4.1
A small, round, flat piece of boneless meat or fish
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6.1
A thin slice of meat often fried or broiled
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2.0
A slice of fish without bones cut lengthwise for cooking
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3.9
A thin piece of sole fish without bones eaten as a light, delicate food
A thick slice of a large fish cut across the body to cook and eat
Compounds
A piece of beef cooked rare, covered in mushroom paste and wrapped in pastry
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Filet comes from the French word filet, which meant a small 'thread' or strip and comes from Latin filum 'thread'. Imagine a thin ribbon of meat, which is why a filet is a boneless piece of meat or fish.