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Definition of filo

filo

/ˈfiːloʊ/
fi · lo
Plural:filos
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• noun

1

A very thin unleavened dough used in many layers for making pastries such as baklava and spanakopita in Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisine.

Example

"She brushed each delicate sheet of filo with melted butter before baking the baklava."

2

In computing and inventory accounting, an acronym for 'first in, last out', a method of data organization or stock management in which the first item stored is the last to be retrieved.

Example

"The memory stack operates on a FILO basis, processing the most recently added tasks before the oldest ones."

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• Rhymes for filo

• Nearby Words

filmset
filmstrip
filmy
filo
filter
filterable
filterer

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Modern Greek phyllo, literally meaning 'leaf' or 'sheet', from Ancient Greek phyllon ('leaf').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Filo. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/filo
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