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1. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
   - filet
    
2. A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
   - filet, fish fillet, fish filet
    
3. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
   - lemniscus
    
4. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
   - taenia, tenia [US]
    
5. Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
   - stopping

1. Decorate with a lace of geometric designs
   - filet
    
2. (cooking) cut into filets
   "fillet the fish";
   - filet

Derived forms: fillets, filleted, filleting

Type of: adorn, afferent, afferent nerve, beautify, beefsteak, carve, cut up, decorate, embellish, fastener, fastening, fixing, grace, hairband, headband, holdfast, ornament, piece, sensory nerve, slice

Part of: beef tenderloin

Encyclopedia: Fillet