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noun / verb

fillet

fih-LAY/fɪˈleɪ/

A boneless piece of meat or fish.

The raw salmon fillet rests on a cutting board beside a lemon wedge.

Fillet: one raw salmon fillet on a wooden cutting board, orange flesh with delicate white fat lines, boneless cut with skin underneath; lemon wedge beside it, no knives needed.
Etymology
filLatinthread, string
+letOld Frenchdiminutive

The pieces give the idea of a little thread or narrow band. The meat or fish sense apparently arose because the cut was prepared by being tied up with string.

In context

Dexter Outdoors3:50
I don't feel any more bones right here so this is what your fillet looks like when it's complete ready to eat
How to Fillet Porgy (Scup)- Dexter Outdoors

More examples

  • Allow one fish fillet per person for dinner.
  • The butcher cuts the beef into thick fillets.
  • Ask the fishmonger to fillet the trout for you.

Forms

fillet · fillets · filleted · filleting

Similar words

cut
A broader term for meat portions, including those with bones.
slice
Emphasizes a thin, flat piece rather than the absence of bones.