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What does fillet mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fillet? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  2. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
  3. (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
  4. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
  5. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
  6. (architecture) A thin flat moulding/molding used as separation between larger mouldings.
  7. (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
  8. (heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
  9. The thread of a screw.
  10. A border of broad or narrow lines of colour or gilt.
  11. The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
  12. (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  13. (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
  14. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
  2. (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
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