Definitions for mandolin

mandolin man·do·lin

Spelling: [man-dl-in, man-dl-in]
IPA: /ˈmæn dl ɪn, ˌmæn dlˈɪn/

Mandolin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in mandolin (adilmnno).

Definitions for mandolin

noun

  1. a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.

Origin of mandolin

1700-10; Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, variant of mandora, alteration of pandora bandore

Examples for mandolin

She ran up the stairs and returned in a moment with the mandolin.

Afterwards when Demaroni taught her the mandolin, it was just the same.

"All right, I'll be glad to come," answered the mandolin player.

Seated on a couch in her favourite corner, Medinskaya played the mandolin.

Silly child, to start at a mandolin shaking his head and beard at you.

He seized his mandolin, slung it round his neck, and leant against the bulkhead.

On a low couch piled with cushions lay Helen's mandolin and a banjo.

Each movement, though it ended in the air, seemed to affect the mandolin.

It was dreadful to leave her for the little time while the mandolin club was on the stage.

Nasmyth rose and swept his knife-haft across the strings of the mandolin.

Word Value for mandolin
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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