Mandolin meaning
A small lutelike instrument with a typically pear-shaped body and a straight fretted neck, having usually four sets of paired strings tuned in unison or octaves.
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A musical instrument of the lute family, with four to six pairs of strings stretched over a fretted neck and a deep, rounded sound box: it is played with a plectrum, which is moved rapidly back and forth to give a tremolo effect.
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A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).
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Origin of mandolin
- French mandoline from Italian mandolino diminutive of mandola lute from French mandore from Late Latin pandūra three-string lute from Greek pandoura
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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