mandolin

Etymology

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

noun

  1. (music) 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.
    One Monday night I peeled potatoes over the sink, ready to mandolin them into thin slices and bake on top of a pie I had a recipe for in the newspaper on Saturday. 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House

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