Fillet vs. Ornament — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fillet and Ornament
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Fillet
A fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal
A chicken breast fillet
Roast fillet of lamb
Ornament
A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine
Tables covered with ornaments and books
Fillet
A band or ribbon worn round the head, especially for binding the hair.
Ornament
The accessories of worship, such as the altar, chalice, and sacred vessels.
Fillet
A roughly triangular strip of material which rounds off an interior angle between two surfaces.
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Ornament
Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items
A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat
Fillet
(in bookbinding) a plain line impressed on the cover of a book.
Ornament
Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.
Fillet
Remove the bones from (a fish).
Ornament
A person considered as a source of pride, honor, or credit
A singer who is an ornament to the world of opera.
Fillet
A narrow strip of ribbon or similar material, often worn as a headband.
Ornament
(Music) A note or group of notes that embellishes a melody.
Fillet
A strip or compact piece of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
Ornament
To furnish with ornaments
Ornamented the windows with hanging plants.
Fillet
A boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting.
Ornament
To be an ornament to
"The babies ornament her ankles, dangle from her pant legs" (Carolyn Chute).
Fillet
A thin flat molding used as separation between or ornamentation for larger moldings.
Ornament
An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
Fillet
A ridge between the indentations of a fluted column.
Ornament
A Christmas tree decoration.
Fillet
A narrow decorative line impressed onto the cover of a book.
Ornament
(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
Fillet
(Heraldry) A narrow horizontal band placed in the lower fourth area of the chief.
Ornament
The articles used in church services.
Fillet
(Anatomy) A loop-shaped band of fibers, such as the lemniscus.
Ornament
(biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
Fillet
To bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet.
Ornament
To decorate.
We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
Fillet
Also fi·let (fĭ-lā, fĭlā′) To slice, bone, or make into fillets.
Ornament
To add to.
The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.
Fillet
A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
Ornament
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
Like that long-buried body of the kingFound lying with his urns and ornaments.
Fillet
A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
Ornament
To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
Fillet
(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
Ornament
Something used to beautify
Fillet
A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Ornament
Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
Decorate the room for the party
Beautify yourself for the special day
Fillet
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
Ornament
Be an ornament to;
Stars ornamented the Christmas tree
Fillet
(UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
Fillet steak
Fillet
(architectural element) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
Fillet
(architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
Fillet
(heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
Fillet
The thread of a screw.
Fillet
A colored or gilded border.
Fillet
The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
Fillet
(woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
Fillet
(anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
Fillet
The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Fillet
(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
Fillet
(transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
Fillet
A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair.
Fillet
A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
Fillet
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
A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
Fillet
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
An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
Fillet
The thread of a screw.
Fillet
A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
Fillet
The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
Fillet
Any scantling smaller than a batten.
Fillet
A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
Fillet
The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Fillet
To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Fillet
A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
Fillet
A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
Fillet
A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
Fillet
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
Fillet
Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
Fillet
Decorate with a lace of geometric designs
Fillet
Cut into filets;
Filet the fish
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