fillet vs stripe

fillet

noun
  • A colored or gilded border. 

  • Any scantling smaller than a batten. 

  • The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. 

  • A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. 

  • A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed. 

  • 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. 

  • A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings. 

  • The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun. 

  • A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses. 

  • A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges. 

  • An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. 

  • The space between two flutings in a shaft. 

  • The thread of a screw. 

  • A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain. 

verb
  • To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to. 

  • To slice, bone or make into fillets. 

stripe

noun
  • A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background. 

  • The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 

  • A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment. 

  • A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. 

  • The start/finish line. 

  • A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. 

  • Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 

  • A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick. 

  • Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots. 

  • A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. 

verb
  • To lash with a whip or strap. 

  • To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. 

  • To mark with stripes. 

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