fillet

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
  2. noun a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
  3. noun a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

Etymology

From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminutive of fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

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Synonyms

filet

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