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plural mandolins
(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. examples
A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables. examples
third-person singular simple present mandolins, present participle mandolining, simple past and past participle mandolined
To slice using a madolin; to julienne. quotations examples
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.
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