Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fillet

(fillets, filleting, filleted) 1. Fillet is a strip of meat, especially beef, that has no bones in it. ...fillet of beef with shallots. ...chicken breast fillets. ...fillet steak. N-VAR: usu with supp, also N n 2. A fillet of fish is the side of a fish with the bones removed. ...anchovy fillets... I ordered a fine fillet of salmon. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. When you fillet fish or meat, you prepare it by taking the bones out. Don’t be afraid to ask your fishmonger to fillet flat fish. VERB: V n