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mandolin /ˈmandəlɪn / /mandəˈlɪn /noun 1A musical instrument resembling a lute, having paired metal strings plucked with a plectrum. It has a characteristic tremolo when sustaining long notes.Reading the literature, one can hear fiddles, wood flutes, bagpipes, guitar, mandolins and bodhráns....- Set against a backdrop of strings, the mandolin sounds completely beautiful, providing an enticing blend of sadness and hope all at the same time.
- She had minimal skills on the oboe, French horn, guitar, viola, mandolin, and penny whistle.
 2 (also mandoline) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable blades, for slicing vegetables.The beets were sliced on a mandoline and served in a Sherry vinaigrette with an immoderate amount of good olive oil....- Using a mandoline or a very sharp knife, finely slice carrots lengthways into ribbons.
- For the kitchen, nothing beats a beautiful mandoline!
Derivatives mandolinist /ˌmandəˈlɪnɪst / noun ...- For seven years, Sims studied with Burns, the legendary jazz mandolinist, laying the foundation for Harmonious Wail's acoustic string sound.
- In Italy the mandolinists play with straight wrists and the right forearm is in line with the strings.
- Additional assistance is provided by some of the most talented and well known mandolinists playing today.
Origin Early 18th century: from French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola (see mandola). Rhymes agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin |