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filleting

filleting is the present participle and gerund of fillet.

Noun

filleting (plural filletings)

  1. The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
  2. The material of which fillets are made.
  3. Fillets collectively.

Meaning of fillet

Verb

fillet (third-person singular simple present fillets, present participle filleting, simple past and past participle filleted)

  1. (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
    Synonyms:
    bone, debone
  2. (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

See all 17 meanings of fillet

Forms of filleting

pluralfilletings

Words formed from filleting

Phrases with filleting

Questions about filleting

What does filleting mean?
Filleting means the protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
What is filleting the present participle and gerund of?
Filleting is the present participle and gerund of fillet.
What part of speech is filleting?
Filleting is a noun.
What is the plural of filleting?
The plural of filleting is filletings.

Words near filleting in the dictionary

  1. filletable
  2. filleted
  3. filleter
  4. filleters
  5. filleth
  6. filleting
  7. filleting knife
  8. filleting knives
  9. filletings
  10. filletlike
  11. fillets

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