Crossword-Solution: FILLET
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fillet | n. | A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. |
| Fillet | n. | A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. |
| Fillet | n. | A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip. |
| Fillet | n. | A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. |
| Fillet | n. | A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column. |
| Fillet | n. | An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. |
| Fillet | n. | The thread of a screw. |
| Fillet | n. | A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. |
| Fillet | n. | The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. |
| Fillet | n. | Any scantling smaller than a batten. |
| Fillet | n. | A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. |
| Fillet | n. | The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. |
| Fillet | v. t. | To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with FILLET (5)
There was a loosened fillet of wild flowers about his head, and his eyes, under their drooped lids, looked straight into the cup.
ALPHESIBOEUS "Bring water, and with soft wool-fillet bind These altars round about, and burn thereon Rich vervain and male frankincense, that I May strive with magic spells to turn astray My lover's saner senses, whereunto There lacketh nothing save the power of song.
Oft in mid sacrifice to heaven- the white Wool-woven fillet half wreathed about his brow- Some victim, standing by the altar, there Betwixt the loitering carles a-dying fell: Or, if betimes the slaughtering priest had struck, Nor with its heaped entrails blazed the pile, Nor seer to seeker thence could answer yield; Nay, scarce the up-stabbing knife with blood was stained, Scarce sullied with thin gore the surface-sand.
Bendlet.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.
Cora, radiant-eyed, in high bloom, and exquisite from head to foot in a shimmering white dancing-dress, a glittering crescent fastening the silver fillet that bound her vivid hair, was a flame of enchantment.
Quotes with FILLET (3)
The Catholic chruch as threatened your life - do you not want revenge? Have you not sold your hatred to the Pretestant cause to work against the church that has hunted you?""No," I said simply. "I hate no one. I want only to be left in peace to understand the mysteries of the universe in my own way.""God has already laid out for us the mysteries of the universe, or as much as He permits us to understand. You think your way is better?""Better than these wars of dogma that have…
A man fishes for two reasons: he’s either sport fishing or fishing to eat, which means he’s either going to try to catch the biggest fish he can, take a picture of it, admire it with his buddies and toss it back to sea, or he’s going to take that fish on home, scale it, fillet it, toss it in some cornmeal, fry it up, and put it on his plate. This, I think, is a great analogy for how men seek out women.
Lilac curled her upper lip in a dead-eyed sneer, and it made my skin crawl. The girl looked like she might fillet me and have me for a snack later. She made the Dale R. Fielding High School Cheer Squad look like Barney and Friends, and I vowed to give her a wide berth.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1957–2022).