mandolin
(noun) a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mandolin (plural mandolins)
(music) a stringed instrument and a member 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
a kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)
(military) an RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets
Source: Wiktionary
Man"do*lin, Man"do*line, n. Etym: [F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.] (Mus.)
Definition: A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
