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mandolin

Pronunciation: /ˈmændə(ˌ)lɪn/

The English word “mandolin” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.
  2. A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

verb

  1. To slice using a madolin; to julienne.

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.

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