Mandolin
WordNet
noun
(1) A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola ‘large stringed instrument’.
Noun
- A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.
- a kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)
- An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport.