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Mandolin vs Mandolinlike - What's the difference?

mandolin | mandolinlike |

As a noun mandolin

is (music) 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.

As an adjective mandolinlike is

resembling a mandolin, or the sound of mandolin music.

mandolin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) 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).
  • (military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets.

    • Derived terms

    * mandolinist

    Related terms

    * mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin

    External links

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    mandolinlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a mandolin, or the sound of mandolin music
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=December 9, author=Alex Wilding-White, title=Ho and Hum: Is success spoiling U2?, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The Edge's distinctive mandolinlike upper-position chord fills took on a more sparkling quality, and Bono added some depth to his singing. }}