MANDOLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandolin mean? 

• MANDOLIN (noun)
  The noun MANDOLIN has 1 sense:

1. a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

  Familiarity information: MANDOLIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDOLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mandolin" is a kind of...):

chordophone (a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers)

Meronyms (parts of "mandolin"):

fingerboard (a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mandolin"):

mandola (an early type of mandolin)