Mandoline vs. Mandolin: What's the Difference?

Mandoline and Mandolin Definitions
Mandoline
A utensil consisting of a base into which adjustable blades are set, used to slice or cut fruits and vegetables.
Mandolin
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.
Mandoline
A mandolin.
Mandolin
(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.
Mandoline
(music) mandolin
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Mandolin
A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.
Mandoline
To slice using a mandoline
Mandolin
A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
Mandolin
A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum